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vlerk.

wing

5 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/vlɛrk/

  1. wing

    feminine · masculine

  2. scoundrel

    feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch vlerc, vleric, vlederic, from Old Dutch fetherak, from Proto-West Germanic *feþruk, *fiþrik (“wing”), from *feþru (“feather”). The -l- visible from Middle Dutch onward likely arose through the influence of words such as vlueghel/vloghel (“wing”), vliegen (“to fly”), vleder (“wing”). Cognates include Old High German fedarah, fiderih (“wing, pinion, plumage”).

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