slak
Afrikaans
/slak/
noun
Definitions
- snail
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish slak (snail, slug) inherited from Middle Dutch slecke inherited from Proto-Germanic *slikkō.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*slikkō
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aardslak Dutch, Flemish
- huisjesslak Dutch, Flemish
- keverslak Dutch, Flemish
- kreeftslak Dutch, Flemish
- longslak Dutch, Flemish
- naaktslak Dutch, Flemish
- purperslak Dutch, Flemish
- slak Dutch, Flemish
- slakkengang Dutch, Flemish
- slakkenhuis Dutch, Flemish
- zeeslak Dutch, Flemish
- *slikkō Proto-Germanic
- slecke Middle Dutch
- *slekki Old Dutch
- slekke West Flemish