kabouter
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˌkaːˈbɑu̯.tər/
noun
Definitions
- (fiction) A (now usually benevolent) tiny folkloric bearded man who traditionally wears a pointy red hat, lives in harmony with nature and resides in mushrooms or trees, similar to a gnome, leprechaun or brownie.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch kove inherited from Old Dutch *kovo inherited from Proto-Germanic *kubô (shed, hut).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*kubô
Gloss
shed, hut
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cobalt English
- goblin English
- goblindom English
- gobliness English
- goblinize English
- goblinkind English
- goblinlike English
- goblinoid English
- goblinry English
- kabouter English
- shitgoblin English
- Kobalt German
- Kobold German
- kaboutermuts Dutch, Flemish
- kobold Dutch, Flemish
- muts Dutch, Flemish
- tuin Dutch, Flemish
- tuinkabouter Dutch, Flemish
- gobelin French
- гобелен Russian
- *kubô Proto-Germanic
- ゴブリン Japanese
- gobelin Polish
- cofa Old English
- cofan Old English
- gobelyn Middle English
- koboldo Esperanto
- kove Middle Dutch
- kubisi Old High German
- kobe Middle High German
- *kovo Old Dutch
- *kuvo Old Dutch
- 哥布林 Chinese