windwak
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈʋɪnt.ʋɑk/
noun
Definitions
- A hole in surface ice caused by winds preventing the water from freezing shut.
Etymology
Compound from Dutch, Flemish wind (wind, fart, greyhound, draft) + Dutch, Flemish wak (hole in surface ice, blowhole, ice-hole).
Origin
Dutch (Brabantic)
wak
Gloss
hole in surface ice, blowhole, ice-hole
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Windhoek English
- Windhoek Dutch, Flemish
- benedenwinds Dutch, Flemish
- bergwind Dutch, Flemish
- bovenwinds Dutch, Flemish
- buikwind Dutch, Flemish
- föhnwind Dutch, Flemish
- rugwind Dutch, Flemish
- rukwind Dutch, Flemish
- stijgwind Dutch, Flemish
- tegenwind Dutch, Flemish
- wak Dutch, Flemish
- wervelwind Dutch, Flemish
- wind Dutch, Flemish
- windenergie Dutch, Flemish
- winderig Dutch, Flemish
- windhaak Dutch, Flemish
- windhaan Dutch, Flemish
- windhandel Dutch, Flemish
- windhandelaar Dutch, Flemish
- windhond Dutch, Flemish
- windhoos Dutch, Flemish
- windkracht Dutch, Flemish
- windkruis Dutch, Flemish
- windmolen Dutch, Flemish
- windpark Dutch, Flemish
- windrichting Dutch, Flemish
- windroos Dutch, Flemish
- windschade Dutch, Flemish
- windscherm Dutch, Flemish
- windvaan Dutch, Flemish
- windvlaag Dutch, Flemish
- windwaarts Dutch, Flemish
- windwijzer Dutch, Flemish
- zonnewind Dutch, Flemish
- Виндхук Russian
- Windhoek Portuguese
- ウィントフック Japanese
- Վինդհուկ Armenian
- wac Middle Dutch
- wint Middle Dutch
- wind Afrikaans
- 溫得和克 Chinese
- 빈트후크 Korean
- winti Sranan Tongo
- wak
- wind
- rugwind
- rukwind
- bergwind
- föhnwind
- windhaak
- Windhoek
- windvaan
- windhoos
- windroos
- windhaan
- windpark
- buikwind
- winderig
- windhond
- windmolen
- zonnewind
- windvlaag
- tegenwind
- stijgwind
- windkruis
- windkracht
- windwijzer
- windscherm
- windschade
- bovenwinds
- windhandel
- wervelwind
- windwaarts
- windenergie
- windrichting
- benedenwinds
- windhandelaar