Mêtî

nerf

(Îngilîzî)

  1. (feminine) grain of wood
  2. (dated, feminine) a similar line in leather, paper, etc.

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/nɛrf/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

In summary

From earlier nerve, from Middle Dutch *narwe, either inherited from Old Dutch *narwa or borrowed from Middle Low German narwe, eventually from Proto-Germanic *narwō, from earlier *arwaz (“scar”). For the change of -rwe → -rf, compare verf. Cognate with German Narbe (“scar”).

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