mierik

Meaning

horseradish (Armoracia rusticana)

Concepts

horseradish

horse-radish

black radish

Synonyms

mierikswortel

boerenradijs ’’m’ ’

mierikwortel

radijs

rammenas

boerenradijs

Translations

Meerrettich

raifort

barbaforte

rábano picante

rábano rusticano

rafano

Kren

Krehn

χρένο

rábano

raíz picante

cranson de Bretagne

cran

cren

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmi.rɪk/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch meerrâdic. The second element of the compound derives from Proto-West Germanic *rādik (“radish”). The first element is of uncertain origin and is often held to be equivalent to meer (“more”) in a sense corresponding to Latin maior, with the original meaning then being "greater radish". But note the etymology at German Meerrettich, a cognate (from Old High German meriratih).