Kerf

Significat (Anglès)

insect

Conceptes

insecte

pastereta

Sinònims

Insekt

Kerbtier

Insekten

Ungeziefer

Wanze

Krabbeltier

Traduccions

insecto

böcek

🐛

īnsectum

inseto

haşere

insetto

έντομο

insect

insect

insecte

bug

🐛

punaise

🐛

cimici

κορέοι

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/kɛrf/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Manllevat de baix alemany: Kerbe

Cognat amb neerlandès: 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”).