beek

Afrikaans

noun

Definitions

(uncommon) brook

Etymology

Inherited from Dutch, Flemish beek (stream, brook) inherited from Middle Dutch bēke (watercourse, stream) inherited from Old Dutch beki inherited from Proto-Germanic *bakiz (brook, beach, stream, strand, baking).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*bakiz

Gloss

brook, beach, stream, strand, baking

Concept

Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

`Kanji`

河

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

beek Dutch, Flemish
beekjuffer Dutch, Flemish
*bʰog- Proto-Indo-European
*lewbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
*bakiz Proto-Germanic
*bæċe Old English
bekkr Old Norse
beke Middle Dutch
bēke Middle Dutch
bah Old High German
*baki gmw-pro
beki Old Dutch
beki Old Saxon
baek Limburgan, Limburger, Limburgish