vlek

Meaning

spot, stain, speck

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/vlɛk/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle Dutch vleck, vlecke (also vlacke), from Old Dutch flec (attested as a byname) and *flekko, from Proto-West Germanic *flekkō, from Proto-Germanic *flekka- (“spot, mark, blemish”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂g-, *pleh₂k- (“to beat, strike”).

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