laai

(Engels)

Noun

1. (feminine) flame
2. (feminine) glow

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular) inflection of laaien:
2. (form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of laaien:
3. (form-of, imperative) inflection of laaien:

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laaien

to rage, to burn ferociously

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Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle Dutch: laeye

Verwante met Old English: līeġ

Verwante met Old High German: loug

Verwante met Old Norse: leygr

Verwante met Duits: Lohe

In summary

From Middle Dutch laeye, from Proto-West Germanic *laugi. It could have been borrowed through an unattested Old Frisian term.
See also Old English līeġ, Old High German loug and Old Norse leygr. Compare also German Lohe (“flame”), an ablaut variant of the latter two.

Sinonieme

vlam

Vertalings

alev

fiamma

flamma

flamba

płomień

chama

flama

llama

flama

Flamme

φλόγα

flame

flamme

Lohe

لهب