knoflook

Meaning

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

Concepts

garlic

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pesto

hoisin sauce

sriracha

hoisin

mirza ghasemi

channa dahl

massor dahl

tarka dahl

imam bayildi

monkeygland

aromatic vegetable

rouille

sujuk

Synonyms

look

Translations

ail

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Knoblauch

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ajo

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alho

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aglio

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all

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sîr

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allium

sarımsak

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σκόρδο

ثوم

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Lauch

sarmısak

alh

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈknɔf.loːk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: knofloick

Inherited from Middle Dutch: cloffloc

Inherited from Old Dutch: *kloflōk

Cognate with German: Knoblauch

Cognate with Western Frisian: knyflok

Cognate with English: 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.