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Where does “vleugel” come from?

vleugel (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch vloghel, from Old Dutch flugil, from Proto-Germanic flugilaz, from Proto-Germanic fleuganą, from Proto-Indo-European plewk-, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

vleugel (Dutch): wing; grand piano; building wing

Definitions

  1. wing; grand piano; building wing

Ancestry of “vleugel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchvloghel—
2Old Dutchflugil—
3Proto-Germanicflugilazwing
4Proto-Germanicfleuganąto fly
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “vleugel”

  • флюгер
  • vleugelpiano
  • vleugelspeelster
  • overvleugelen
  • vleugelspeler
  • ფლუგერი
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