lover

Betekenis (Engels)

1. to coil (a rope or cord), to fake a line
2. (reflexive) to coil up, wind up; to curl up
3. (reflexive) to snuggle up to, to snuggle up against

Concepten

spiraalsgewijze oprollen

Vertalingen

ملتوي على نفسه

τυλίγω κάβο σε κουλούρα

coil

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/lɔ.ve/

Etymologie (Engels)

Verwant aan Nederlands: leuver

In summary

A 17th century borrowing from North Sea Germanic language verb "lofen, lufen". The 1986 Dictionnaire de l'Académie française identifies the source as Low German (Dutch Low Saxon or German Low German); Jan de Vries' Nederlands Etymologisch Woordenboek (which identifies it as a possible cognate of Dutch leuver) suggests East Frisian instead.