turf

Dutch (Brabantic)

/tʏrf/

noun
Definitions
  • peat
  • A tally mark representing five.
  • (informal) A fat book, tome; a book containing many pages.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch torf inherited from Old Dutch *torf inherited from Proto-Germanic *turbz (lawn, turf) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *derbʰ- (grass, tuft, wind, weave, twist, tie together), *derbʰ- (grass, tuft, wind, weave, twist, tie together).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*derbʰ-

Gloss

grass, tuft, wind, weave, twist, tie together

Concept
Semantic Field

Agriculture and vegetation

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

草

Emoji
🏡 🐄 🐏 🐑 🐮

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