Where does “kikkervisje” come from?

kikkervisje (Dutch) comes from Dutch kikker, from Dutch kikken — to croak, sound like a frog.

kikkervisje (Dutch): tadpole, the young stage of a frog after...

Definitions

  1. tadpole, the young stage of a frog after...

Ancestry of “kikkervisje”, step by step

kikkervisje traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch kikker

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchkikkerA frog, relatively smooth amphibian of the order...
2Dutchkikkento croak, sound like a frog

via Dutch visje

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvisje
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