eekhoring

Afrikaans

noun

Definitions

squirrel

Etymology

Inherited from Dutch, Flemish eekhoorn inherited from Middle Dutch ecorn inherited from Old Dutch *ēkorno inherited from Proto-Germanic *aikwernô (squirrel).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*aikwernô

Gloss

squirrel

Concept

Semantic Field

Animals

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

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Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

eekhoorn Dutch, Flemish
*wer- Proto-Indo-European
*aikwernô Proto-Germanic
acweorna Old English
ācweorna Old English
íkorni Old Norse
ecorn Middle Dutch
eencoren Middle Dutch
eihhorno Old High German
*ēkorno Old Dutch
ekhorn Old Saxon