oewer

Afrikaans

noun

Definitions

bank, waterside

Etymology

Inherited from Dutch, Flemish oever (riverbank, shore, waterside, bank) inherited from Middle Dutch oever inherited from Old Dutch *uovar inherited from Proto-Germanic *ōferaz.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*ōferaz

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

oever Dutch, Flemish
oeverloos Dutch, Flemish
oeverloper Dutch, Flemish
*ōferaz Proto-Germanic
oever Middle Dutch
*uovar Old Dutch
*ōvar Old Saxon