aardvark
Afrikaans
noun
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish aardvarken, aarde (earth, soil, ground, -minded) + Dutch, Flemish varken (pig, swine).
Origin
Dutch (Brabantic)
varken
Gloss
pig, swine
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
豚
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aardvark English
- aardvarklike English
- maasika Finnish
- aardappel Dutch, Flemish
- aardbeving Dutch, Flemish
- aardbodem Dutch, Flemish
- aarde Dutch, Flemish
- aardedonker Dutch, Flemish
- aarden Dutch, Flemish
- aardewerk Dutch, Flemish
- aardgewas Dutch, Flemish
- aardnoot Dutch, Flemish
- aardolie Dutch, Flemish
- aards Dutch, Flemish
- aardschok Dutch, Flemish
- aardsgezind Dutch, Flemish
- aardvarken Dutch, Flemish
- aardverschuiving Dutch, Flemish
- aardvrucht Dutch, Flemish
- aardwarmte Dutch, Flemish
- aardworm Dutch, Flemish
- aluinaarde Dutch, Flemish
- asvarken Dutch, Flemish
- boomaarde Dutch, Flemish
- buitenaards Dutch, Flemish
- egelvarken Dutch, Flemish
- feestvarken Dutch, Flemish
- ijzervarken Dutch, Flemish
- keiaarde Dutch, Flemish
- minivarken Dutch, Flemish
- muurvarken Dutch, Flemish
- onderaards Dutch, Flemish
- penaarde Dutch, Flemish
- pijpaarde Dutch, Flemish
- randaarde Dutch, Flemish
- spaarvarken Dutch, Flemish
- stekelvarken Dutch, Flemish
- varken Dutch, Flemish
- varkensbeest Dutch, Flemish
- varkensgriep Dutch, Flemish
- varkenssaté Dutch, Flemish
- varkensvlees Dutch, Flemish
- zeevarken Dutch, Flemish
- zegelaarde Dutch, Flemish
- arde Indonesian
- aerde Middle Dutch
- varken Middle Dutch
- āerde Middle Dutch
- aarde Afrikaans
- vark Afrikaans
- ardvark Malay
- আৰ্ডৱাৰ্ক Assamese