kwast
Dutch (Brabantic)
/kʋɑst/
noun
Definitions
- tassel
- fine-haired brush
- knot in wood
- weird and/or stuck-up person
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch quast inherited from Old Dutch *kwast inherited from Proto-Germanic *kwastuz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*kwastuz
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- kwastvinnig Dutch, Flemish
- kwastvinnige Dutch, Flemish
- scheerkwast Dutch, Flemish
- scheren Dutch, Flemish
- vin Dutch, Flemish
- *kwastuz Proto-Germanic
- *twistaz Proto-Germanic
- quast Middle Dutch
- kwas Afrikaans
- *kwast Old Dutch