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wade.

popliteus

4 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʋaː.də/
  1. popliteus

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch wade, from Old Dutch *watho, from Proto-Germanic *waþwô. Cognate with German Wade (“calf (of leg)”), Swedish vad (“calf (of leg)”) and Afrikaans waai (“popliteal”).

noun/ˈʋaː.də/
  1. type of trawl

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch wade, reformed from waet through influence of the collective gewade (modern gewaad). Further from Old Dutch *wāt, from Proto-Germanic *wēd-. Cognate with Middle High German wāt, Old Saxon wād, Old English wǣd, Old Norse váð.

noun/ˈʋaː.də/
  1. shroud

    feminine
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