veer
Dutch (Brabantic)
/veːr/
noun
Definitions
- feather
- spring (e.g. metallic helix which resists stress)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch vedere inherited from Old Dutch fethara inherited from *feþru inherited from Proto-Germanic *feþrō (feather) derived from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥, pth₂én- (wing, feather).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*péth₂r̥, pth₂én-
Gloss
wing, feather
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
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Emoji
💸
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- afterfeather English
- befeather English
- defeather English
- feather English
- feather duster English
- feather-light English
- featherable English
- featherback English
- featherbed English
- featherbone English
- featherdown English
- featherer English
- featherfoil English
- featherfoot English
- feathergrass English
- featherhead English
- featherless English
- featherlike English
- featherly English
- feathermaker English
- feathermoss English
- feathern English
- featherpate English
- feathersome English
- featherstitch English
- feathertail English
- featherweight English
- featherwork English
- feathery English
- gayfeather English
- midfeather English
- parrotfeather English
- pinfeather English
- protofeather English
- spring English
- tailfeather English
- unfeather English
- vieteri Finnish
- Feder German
- Federbett German
- Federchen German
- Federhalter German
- Federkiel German
- Federkleid German
- Federkrieg German
- Federspitz German
- Federstrich German
- Federweiß German
- Federweißer German
- Federzeichnung German
- Flaumfeder German
- Kontaktfeder German
- Schreibfeder German
- Sprungfeder German
- Uhrenfeder German
- federleicht German
- boot Dutch, Flemish
- constante Dutch, Flemish
- dienst Dutch, Flemish
- dinosaurus Dutch, Flemish
- dinosaurusveer Dutch, Flemish
- drijfveer Dutch, Flemish
- drijven Dutch, Flemish
- fiets Dutch, Flemish
- fietsveer Dutch, Flemish
- gans Dutch, Flemish
- ganzeveer Dutch, Flemish
- kleed Dutch, Flemish
- kracht Dutch, Flemish
- man Dutch, Flemish
- pen Dutch, Flemish
- pont Dutch, Flemish
- springen Dutch, Flemish
- springveer Dutch, Flemish
- springveren Dutch, Flemish
- toestel Dutch, Flemish
- trap Dutch, Flemish
- trapveer Dutch, Flemish
- veder Dutch, Flemish
- veerboot Dutch, Flemish
- veerconstante Dutch, Flemish
- veerdienst Dutch, Flemish
- veerkracht Dutch, Flemish
- veerman Dutch, Flemish
- veerpont Dutch, Flemish
- veertoestel Dutch, Flemish
- veren Dutch, Flemish
- verenkleed Dutch, Flemish
- vering Dutch, Flemish
- voet Dutch, Flemish
- voetveer Dutch, Flemish
- *peth₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *péth₂r̥ Proto-Indo-European
- *péth₂r̥, pth₂én- Proto-Indo-European
- *feþrō Proto-Germanic
- fjäder Swedish
- fjäderbricka Swedish
- fjäderbuske Swedish
- fjäderdräkt Swedish
- fjäderfä Swedish
- fjädergräs Swedish
- örnfjäder Swedish
- フェザー Japanese
- feþer Old English
- feþer Middle English
- fjǫðr Old Norse
- fjeder Danish
- fjer Danish
- feder Serbo-Croatian
- per Indonesian
- vedere Middle Dutch
- vederijn Middle Dutch
- veerman Middle Dutch
- fedara Old High German
- veer Afrikaans
- *feþru gmw-pro
- *feþru, gmw-pro
- fethara Old Dutch
- федер Macedonian
- fethara Old Saxon
- fiädher Old Swedish
- *petnā Proto-Italic
- fear Western Frisian
- fethere Old Frisian
- Fedder Low German
- fiæthær Old Danish
- faoder Vilamovian