roer
Afrikaans
noun
Definitions
- A rifle, a gun.
- A rudder.
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish roer (rudder) inherited from Middle Dutch roeder inherited from Old Dutch *ruother inherited from Proto-Germanic *rōþrą (rudder, instrument for rowing, oar, literally paddle).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*rōþrą
Gloss
rudder, instrument for rowing, oar, literally paddle
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- blaasroer Dutch, Flemish
- lontroer Dutch, Flemish
- roer Dutch, Flemish
- roerdrager Dutch, Flemish
- roerei Dutch, Flemish
- roerganger Dutch, Flemish
- rolroer Dutch, Flemish
- vuurroer Dutch, Flemish
- руль Russian
- *h₁reh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *rōaną Proto-Germanic
- *rōþrą Proto-Germanic
- roþor Old English
- rōþor Old English
- róðr Old Norse
- roeder Middle Dutch
- ruodar Old High German
- ruoder Old High German
- braai Afrikaans
- eier Afrikaans
- roerbraai Afrikaans
- roereier Afrikaans
- *ruother Old Dutch
- roder Middle Low German
- *rōthar Old Saxon
- *roþs- Old Swedish
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