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This particular "dutch reach" idiom is not related to the Pennsylvania Dutch in any way.

• Symbiote 8y ago
  None of the "Dutch" idioms will be from Pennsylvania Dutch, they all come from being the neighbour country to England.
  • laurentl 8y ago
    Ireland?
  • NeedMoreTea 8y ago
    Pennsylvanian "Dutch" is a corruption of "Deutsche", and the community German is it not? As I understood it many of American "Dutch" idioms were originally meant to be referencing German. You do get cookie from Dutch though. Cookie comes from the Dutch keokje.
    • stevesimmons 8y ago
      koekje :)