wesel
Indonesian
[ˈwɛsəl]
noun
Definitions
- (rail transport) railroad switch, turnout, points.
- money order, a type of cheque, usually purchased from a postal service to allow safe sending of money through the post, possibly to be redeemed in another country.
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch, Flemish wissel (change, switch, exchange) derived from Middle Dutch wissel derived from Old Dutch *wissel derived from Proto-Germanic *wihslaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wihslaz
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- wildwissel Dutch, Flemish
- wissel Dutch, Flemish
- wisselen Dutch, Flemish
- wisselgeld Dutch, Flemish
- wisseltonig Dutch, Flemish
- *weyk- Proto-Indo-European
- *wihslaz Proto-Germanic
- víxl Old Norse
- wissel Middle Dutch
- wisselen Middle Dutch
- wehsal Old High German
- *wissel Old Dutch