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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch suvel, from Old Dutch *sūval (“food eaten with bread”), from Proto-West Germanic *sufl, from Proto-Germanic *suflą (“entremets, viands”), from Proto-Indo-European *sew-.
Cognate with Old Saxon sūval, Middle Low German sûvel (“dairy products”), Old Frisian sūval, Saterland Frisian süfel, West Frisian suvel, Old English sufol (“sowl”), Middle English suvel, English sowl, Old High German suvil, sufili, sufila, Old Norse sufl, Danish sul, Norwegian Bokmål suvl, Swedish sovel.
Pronunciation
Noun
zuivel m (plural zuivels, diminutive zuiveltje n)
- dairy products (collective name for milk products)
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