Dutchman
/ˈdʌtʃ.mən/noun
A man who is Dutch or a man of Dutch descent.
Did you know?The name Dutchman later became famous in the supernatural legend of the Flying Dutchman, but the word itself originally identified people by their language rather than by a modern nation-state.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*tewtéh₂
“People, tribe, or organized community”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*þeudō
“A people or nation”
Old High German
OHG
diotisc
“Of the people; vernacular, as opposed to Latin”
Old English
Old English
þēodisc
“Of the people or national language”
Middle English
Middle English
duche
“Dutch or German-speaking”
16th Century
English
Dutchman
“A man from the Dutch-speaking Netherlands or a man of Dutch descent”