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plug.

wall plug (used to hold nails and screws)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/plʏx/
  1. wall plug (used to hold nails and screws)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *plugjaz Old Dutch *pluggi Middle Dutch *plugge Dutch plugge Dutch plug From early modern plugge, from Middle Dutch *plugge, from Old Dutch *pluggi, from Proto-Germanic *plugjaz, of uncertain ultimate origin, but perhaps from the same source as plag (“cut-out sod”), itself considered to be from a substrate. Despite being attested only very late, it has certain cognates in several other Germanic languages, including Middle Low German plugge, Middle High German plugge, Swedish plugg.

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