vrek
Dutch (Brabantic)
/vrɛk/
noun
Definitions
- scrooge, miser
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch vrec (avaricious, greedy) inherited from Old Dutch *frek inherited from *frek inherited from Proto-Germanic *frekaz (greedy, capable, courageous, active, outrageous, bold).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*frekaz
Gloss
greedy, capable, courageous, active, outrageous, bold
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Frechdachs German
- Frechheit German
- frech German
- rotzfrech German
- *preg- Proto-Indo-European
- frekk Norwegian Bokmål
- *frekaz Proto-Germanic
- *frekōną Proto-Germanic
- frekk Norwegian Nynorsk
- frec Old English
- frek Middle English
- frekr Old Norse
- vrec Middle Dutch
- freh Old High German
- vrech Middle High German
- *𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌺𐍃 Gothic
- *frek gmw-pro
- *frek Old Dutch