wouw

Dutch

Een rode wouw, Milvus milvus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɑu̯/

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• Hyphenation: wouw
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯
• Homophones: wau, wow, wou, wauw, Wouw

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch wouwe, wīwe, wīe, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *wīwô, a derivate of Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (“to hunt, pursue”). Compare German Weihe, Low German Wieh, both “harrier”.

Noun

wouw m (plural wouwen, diminutive wouwtje n)

1. A kite, certain bird of the family Accipitridae; especially of the genera Milvus, Harpagus and Haliastur.

Derived terms

Reseda luteola

• grijze wouw
• rode wouw
• zwarte wouw

Descendants

• Afrikaans: wou

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch woude, wouwe; ultimately derived from a variant of Proto-West Germanic *waiʀd. Cognate with English weld. Doublet of wede. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. this variant of waiRd-etymology found at weld and copied here needs to be specified further; how far does this variant go back?

Noun

wouw m (plural wouwen, diminutive wouwtje n)

1. The plant weld, Reseda luteola

Descendants

• → German: Wau

Further reading

• wouwen on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl
• wouw (plant) on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl