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[–] Affidavit@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Does Dutch keep both forms?

I believe both Old English and Old High German kept both the compound word (hand shoe) and the singular word (e.g. glōf) before eventually choosing one and discarding the other. I'm curious if there are any Germanic languages that have kept both forms into the modern era.

[–] bluesheep@lemm.ee 1 points 1 hour ago

The alternative closest to glove I'd say would be "want(en)", but it's not nearly used as much as "handschoen(en)" - hand shoes.