vleis
Afrikaans
/fləis/
noun
Definitions
- meat
- flesh
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish vleis inherited from Middle Dutch vleisch inherited from Old Dutch fleisc inherited from *flaiski (flesh, meat).
Origin
*flaiski
Gloss
flesh, meat
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
肉
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- braaivleis English
- vleis Dutch, Flemish
- *flaiski Proto-Germanic
- flæsc Old English
- flǣsċ Old English
- vleisch Middle Dutch
- fleisk Old High German
- bees Afrikaans
- beesvleis Afrikaans
- braai Afrikaans
- braaivleis Afrikaans
- *flaiski gmw-pro
- fleisc Old Dutch
- flesc Old Dutch
- flēsc Old Dutch
- flēsk Old Saxon
- flāsk Old Frisian
- Fleesch Plautdietsch