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vlek.

spot, stain, speck

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/vlɛk/

  1. spot, stain, speck

    feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch vleck, vlecke (also vlacke), from Old Dutch flec (attested as a byname) and *flekko, from Proto-West Germanic *flekkō, from Proto-Germanic *flekka- (“spot, mark, blemish”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂g-, *pleh₂k- (“to beat, strike”).

noun/vlɛk/

  1. area, region

    neuter · obsolete

  2. hamlet

    neuter

  3. town, large village

    neuter · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch vleck, vlecke (also vlacke), from Old Dutch flec (attested as a byname) and *flekko, from Proto-West Germanic *flekkō, from Proto-Germanic *flekka- (“spot, mark, blemish”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂g-, *pleh₂k- (“to beat, strike”).

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