knoflook

(Engels)

garlic (Allium sativum: the plant or its bulb, used in cooking)

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈknɔf.loːk/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle Dutch: knofloick

Geërf van Middle Dutch: cloffloc

Geërf van Old Dutch: *kloflōk

Verwante met Duits: Knoblauch

Verwante met Fries: knyflok

Verwante met Engels: clove

In summary

From Middle Dutch knofloick, knuuflooch, a dissimilated variant of earlier Middle Dutch cloffloc (literally “clove-leek”), from Old Dutch *kloflōk, from Proto-West Germanic *klobulauk (literally “clove-leek”), equivalent to klieven + look. Compare German Knoblauch, West Frisian knyflok and English clove.

Sinonieme

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