zwijnsspriet
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈzʋɛi̯n.sprit/
noun
Definitions
- (literary) A hunting spear, especially used for hunting boars.
Etymology
Compound from Dutch, Flemish zwijn (swine) + Dutch, Flemish spriet (sprit, a sprout).
Origin
Dutch (Brabantic)
spriet
Gloss
sprit, a sprout
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- boegspriet Dutch, Flemish
- everzwijn Dutch, Flemish
- grasspriet Dutch, Flemish
- hangbuikzwijn Dutch, Flemish
- hertzwijn Dutch, Flemish
- knobbelzwijn Dutch, Flemish
- spriet Dutch, Flemish
- voelspriet Dutch, Flemish
- wrattenzwijn Dutch, Flemish
- zwijn Dutch, Flemish
- spriet Middle Dutch
- swijn Middle Dutch
- swyn Afrikaans