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Where does “kever” come from?
kever (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch kevero, from Proto-West Germanic kefrō — beetle.
Ancestry of “kever”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Dutch
kevero
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2
Proto-West Germanic
kefrō
beetle
Words derived from “kever”
kever
snuit
meikever
spitssnuitdolfijn
witsnuitlibel
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