Kerf

Betekenis (Engels)

insect

Sinonieme

Insekt

Kerbtier

Insekten

Ungeziefer

Wanze

Krabbeltier

Vertalings

inseto

insecte

īnsectum

böcek

🐛

haşere

insecte

insetto

insect

insect

έντομο

insecto

punaise

🐛

έντομα

gogga

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/kɛrf/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geleen van Nederduits: Kerbe

Verwante met Nederlands: half

In summary

Borrowed from Low German Kerbe, from Middle Low German kerf, kerve, probably related to Old Saxon kervan (“to cut”).
Synonymous with Kerbtier (1815 by Lorenz Oken); cf. German Low German half (“half”) and Dutch half (“half”) with High German halb (“half”).