vlerk

== Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch vlerk, from Middle Dutch vlerc. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /flɛrk/ === Noun === vlerk (plural vlerke) wing == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch vlerc, vleric, vlederic, from Old Dutch fetherak, from Proto-West Germanic *feþruk, *fiþrik (“wing”), from *feþru (“feather”). The -l- visible from Middle Dutch onward likely arose through the influence of words such as vlueghel/vloghel (“wing”), vliegen (“to fly”), vleder (“wing”). Cognates include Old High German fedarah, fiderih (“wing, pinion, plumage”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vlɛrk/ Hyphenation: vlerk Rhymes: -ɛrk === Noun === vlerk m or f (plural vlerken, diminutive vlerkje n) wing Synonym: vleugel scoundrel ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: vlerk Negerhollands: vlerk