Where does “fluweel” come from?

fluweel (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch fluweel, from Old French veluel, from Latin villosus, from Latin villus, from Latin vellus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂welh₁- — to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool.

fluweel (Dutch): velvet

Definitions

  1. velvet

Ancestry of “fluweel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchfluweel—
2Old Frenchveluel—
3Latinvillosushairy, shaggy
4Latinvillushair, tuft of hair, shaggy hair
5LatinvellusThe wool shorn from a sheep; fleece; wool; The...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂welh₁-to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool

Words derived from “fluweel”

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