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Etymology
From Dutch vlerk, from Middle Dutch vlerc. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
Noun
vlerk (plural vlerke)
- wing
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch vlerc, vlederic, from Old Dutch fetherak, from Proto-West Germanic *feþerak (“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 federah.
Pronunciation
Noun
vlerk m or f (plural vlerken, diminutive vlerkje n)
- wing
- Synonym: vleugel
- scoundrel
Descendants