ruggengraat
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈrʏ.ɣəˌɣraːt/
noun
Definitions
- vertebral column
- spine, backbone
- (figuratively) backbone, fundamental support, core of an organization
Etymology
Compound from Dutch, Flemish rug (back, ridge) + Dutch, Flemish graat (fishbone).
Origin
Dutch (Brabantic)
graat
Gloss
fishbone
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bergrug Dutch, Flemish
- bultrug Dutch, Flemish
- bultrugwalvis Dutch, Flemish
- graat Dutch, Flemish
- gratenkut Dutch, Flemish
- heuvelrug Dutch, Flemish
- rug Dutch, Flemish
- ruggenprik Dutch, Flemish
- ruggenwervel Dutch, Flemish
- ruggespraak Dutch, Flemish
- rugleuning Dutch, Flemish
- rugschild Dutch, Flemish
- rugtas Dutch, Flemish
- rugvin Dutch, Flemish
- rugwind Dutch, Flemish
- rugzak Dutch, Flemish
- rugzwemmen Dutch, Flemish
- terug Dutch, Flemish
- visgraat Dutch, Flemish
- rugge Middle Dutch
- rug Afrikaans