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Where does “vloeken” come from?

vloeken (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch vloeken, from Old Dutch fluokon.

vloeken (Dutch): to curse, to damn, invoke a negative spell; to...

Definitions

  1. to curse, to damn, invoke a negative spell; to...

Ancestry of “vloeken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchvloekento curse, to wish misfortune upon; to curse, to...
2Old Dutchfluokon—
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