leeuw
Dutch (Brabantic)
/leːu̯/
noun
Definitions
- lion
- (heraldiccharge) lion
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch leeuwe inherited from Old Dutch lewo derived from Latin leō (lion) derived from Ancient Greek λέων (lion).
Origin
Ancient Greek
λέων
Gloss
lion
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Leo English
- leontomorphic English
- leo Latin
- leonatus Latin
- leoninus Latin
- leunculus Latin
- leō Latin
- leōnem Latin
- leōnis, leō, leo Latin
- leone Italian
- Leo Dutch, Flemish
- Oranjeleeuwin Dutch, Flemish
- berg Dutch, Flemish
- bergleeuw Dutch, Flemish
- deel Dutch, Flemish
- grot Dutch, Flemish
- grottenleeuw Dutch, Flemish
- hoek Dutch, Flemish
- hol Dutch, Flemish
- holenleeuw Dutch, Flemish
- land Dutch, Flemish
- landleeuw Dutch, Flemish
- leeuwendeel Dutch, Flemish
- leeuwenhoek Dutch, Flemish
- leeuwenwelp Dutch, Flemish
- leeuwin Dutch, Flemish
- mier Dutch, Flemish
- mierenleeuw Dutch, Flemish
- napoleontisch Dutch, Flemish
- sneeuw Dutch, Flemish
- sneeuwleeuw Dutch, Flemish
- welp Dutch, Flemish
- zee Dutch, Flemish
- zeeleeuw Dutch, Flemish
- Δημολέων Ancient Greek
- Λεωνίδας Ancient Greek
- Τιμολέων Ancient Greek
- λέων Ancient Greek
- λεοντοπέταλον Ancient Greek
- λεοντοπόδιον Ancient Greek
- μυρμηκολέων Ancient Greek
- χαμαιλέων Ancient Greek
- leo Old English
- ljón Old Norse
- *lьvъ Proto-Slavic
- lion Old French
- leono Esperanto
- león Galician
- lei Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- leu Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- leeuwe Middle Dutch
- leeuwinne Middle Dutch
- lewe Middle Dutch
- lewo Old High German
- lēwo Old High German
- Leons Latvian
- léo Old Irish
- léoman Old Irish
- leeu Afrikaans
- seeleeu Afrikaans
- ljón Faroese
- Léiw Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰 Gothic
- lewo Old Dutch
- Leew Alemannic German
- leon Occitan
- lleón Asturian
- llión Asturian
- ⲗⲉⲱⲛ Coptic
- liuni Sicilian
- *llew Proto-Brythonic
- lew Sranan Tongo
- λεοντάριον grc-koi
- llión Leonese