vurk
Afrikaans
noun
Definitions
- fork
Etymology
Derived from Dutch, Flemish vork (fork) inherited from Middle Dutch vorke inherited from Old Dutch furka derived from Latin furca (pitchfork, fork, forked stake, also gallows, beam, yoke, support post, stake, two-pronged fork).
Origin
Latin
furca
Gloss
pitchfork, fork, forked stake, also gallows, beam, yoke, support post, stake, two-pronged fork
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
👨🌾 👩🌾
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bifurcate English
- fork English
- furciform English
- *furcatūra Latin
- *infurcāre Latin
- *infurcō Latin
- furca Latin
- furcatus Latin
- furcifer Latin
- furcilla Latin
- furcula Latin
- forca Italian
- aalvork Dutch, Flemish
- achtervork Dutch, Flemish
- gebaksvork Dutch, Flemish
- gevorkt Dutch, Flemish
- hooivork Dutch, Flemish
- mestvork Dutch, Flemish
- voorvork Dutch, Flemish
- vork Dutch, Flemish
- forqueta Spanish, Castilian
- horca Spanish, Castilian
- *ǵʰerk(ʷ)- Proto-Indo-European
- *furkô Proto-Germanic
- *furkǭ Proto-Germanic
- forkr Old Norse
- forca Catalan, Valencian
- forcado Galician
- furco Galician
- furcă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- vorke Middle Dutch
- forc Old Irish
- fourque Norman
- furka Old Dutch
- forca Old Portuguese
- furcã Aromanian
- fuorcha Romansh
- fuortga Romansh
- furtga Romansh
- forcje Friulian
- furke Old Frisian
- forca Old Spanish
- furchetta Sicilian
- ifolokhwe Xhosa
- forque xno
- fórca Ligurian
- fuarca Dalmatian
- *forx Proto-Brythonic
- forque ONF.