Dutch in English
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•The British colonies started to communicate with other settlements on the East Coast : Dutch,
French and German - which led to new words into American English:
•Out of the more interesting Dutch borrowing, I consider the following of importance:
•boss, cookie, coleslaw, waffle, stoop, sleigh, probably Yankee (from Janke – diminutive of Jan),
Santa Claus (Saint Nicolas, clipped to Sinterklaas in Dutch)