lijster

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Dutch[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch lijstre (“thrush”), from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-West Germanic *lī(h)strō, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-Germanic *laikaną (“to move about”) or possibly related to Ancient Greek λιγύς (ligús, “shrill, piercing”). Etymologisch Woordenboek van het Nederlands suggests a borrowing from a substrate language because of the word's local range.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛi̯s.tər/
  • lijster(file)
  • Hyphenation: lijs‧ter
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯stər

Noun[edit]

lijster f (plural lijsters, diminutive lijstertje n)

  1. A thrush, one of several species of songbirds of the family Turdidae

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Descendants[edit]

  • → Papiamentu: lijster (dated)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

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