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Where does “vluchtstrook” come from?

vluchtstrook (Dutch) comes from Dutch vluchten, from Middle Dutch vluchten, from Middle Dutch vlucht, from Old Dutch fluht, from Proto-West Germanic *fluhtī, from Proto-Germanic *fluhtiją, from Proto-Germanic flehtaną, from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

vluchtstrook (Dutch): hard shoulder

Definitions

  1. hard shoulder

Ancestry of “vluchtstrook”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvluchtento flee
2Middle Dutchvluchtento bring to a safe place; to hide, to conceal; to...
3Middle Dutchvluchtflight, escape; flight, act of flying; speed
4Old Dutchfluht—
5Proto-West Germanic*fluhtī—
6Proto-Germanic*fluhtiją—
7Proto-Germanicflehtanąto plait, to weave
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpleḱ-to fold, plait, weave
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold
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