zeug
Dutch (Brabantic)
/zøːx/
noun
Definitions
- sow (female pig)
- (figuratively) bitch, cow, blatant term of abuse for a 'beastly' human female
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch soge inherited from Old Dutch *soga inherited from Proto-Germanic *sugō derived from Proto-Indo-European *suh₂kéh₂.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*suh₂kéh₂
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- besow English
- intersow English
- oversow English
- resow English
- sow English
- sowable English
- sowback English
- sowbane English
- sowbelly English
- sowbug English
- sower English
- sowest English
- soweth English
- sowfoot English
- sowgelder English
- sowlike English
- swine English
- undersow English
- sūs Latin
- kelder Dutch, Flemish
- kelderzeug Dutch, Flemish
- zog Dutch, Flemish
- *suHkéh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *suh₂kéh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *sugō Proto-Germanic
- hornsugga Swedish
- sugga Swedish
- sugu Old English
- sūgu Old English
- sowe Middle English
- soge Middle Dutch
- *soga Old Dutch
- suga Old Saxon
- sågg Westrobothnian
- Söög Low German