kolk.
vortex, maelstrom
Meaning & usage
vortex, maelstrom
a drain that is part a sewer system
a small waterway connected to one or several windmills that control the water level in a polder, serving as a conduit to remove surplus water
a dyke beside such a waterway
a stagnant pool or lake resulting from the vortex of e.g. a breached dyke
the body of water between sluice gates
a dug watering hole
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch colc, from Old Dutch *kolk, from Proto-West Germanic *kolk (“hollow, pit, gully”), from Proto-Germanic *kulukaz, an extension of *kelǭ (“throat”).
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