monniksgier
Dutch (Brabantic)
noun
Definitions
- (zoology) cinereous vulture, a carrion-eating bird
Etymology
Affix from Dutch, Flemish monnik (monk) + Dutch, Flemish gier (vulture, desire, greedy, liquid manure, eager).
Origin
Dutch (Brabantic)
gier
Gloss
vulture, desire, greedy, liquid manure, eager
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
欲
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Schiermonnikoog Dutch, Flemish
- aasgier Dutch, Flemish
- bedelmonnik Dutch, Flemish
- gier Dutch, Flemish
- gierig Dutch, Flemish
- monnik Dutch, Flemish
- monnikskap Dutch, Flemish
- nieuwsgier Dutch, Flemish
- raafgier Dutch, Flemish
- roofgier Dutch, Flemish
- gir Middle Dutch
- monic Middle Dutch
- monnik Afrikaans