dwaalspoor
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈdʋaːl.spoːr/
noun
Definitions
- wrong track (often used in the following phrase)
Etymology
Compound from Dutch, Flemish dwalen (wander, err, roam) + Dutch, Flemish spoor (track, railway, trace, trail, spore, spur, train, railway track).
Origin
Dutch (Brabantic)
spoor
Gloss
track, railway, trace, trail, spore, spur, train, railway track
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- afdwalen Dutch, Flemish
- bloedspoor Dutch, Flemish
- buitensporig Dutch, Flemish
- dubbelspoor Dutch, Flemish
- dwaalgast Dutch, Flemish
- dwaalgeest Dutch, Flemish
- dwaallicht Dutch, Flemish
- dwaalster Dutch, Flemish
- dwalen Dutch, Flemish
- dwaling Dutch, Flemish
- enkelspoor Dutch, Flemish
- karrenspoor Dutch, Flemish
- karrespoor Dutch, Flemish
- nasporen Dutch, Flemish
- smalspoor Dutch, Flemish
- spoor Dutch, Flemish
- spoorbrug Dutch, Flemish
- spoorfiets Dutch, Flemish
- spoorlijn Dutch, Flemish
- spoorloos Dutch, Flemish
- spoorrail Dutch, Flemish
- spoortunnel Dutch, Flemish
- spoorweg Dutch, Flemish
- sporen Dutch, Flemish
- sporendoos Dutch, Flemish
- verdwalen Dutch, Flemish
- voetspoor Dutch, Flemish
- *spurą Proto-Germanic
- sepur Indonesian
- dwalen Middle Dutch
- spor Middle Dutch
- dwaal Afrikaans
- spoor Afrikaans
- sepur Javanese