Etymograph

English

voël

Voël comes from Afrikaans voël ‘bird’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *fuglaz.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*fuglaz‘bird’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*fuglreconstructed
  3. Old Dutchc. 500–1150fogal‘bird’
  4. Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500vōgel‘bird’
  5. Dutchc. 1500–presentvogel‘bird, any member of the class Aves’
  6. Afrikaansmodernvoël‘bird’
  7. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*fuglaz‘bird’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*fuglreconstructed
  3. Old Dutchc. 500–1150fogal‘bird’
  4. Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500vōgel‘bird’
  5. Dutchc. 1500–presentvogel‘bird, any member of the class Aves’
  6. Afrikaansmodernvoël‘bird’
  7. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *plewk- ‘to fly’

fly, flew, flown, flee, flock, floss, flay, 9 more

through Proto-West Germanic *fugl

fowler, fowl, fogle, 1 more

Today it means

noun A penis.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *fuglaz / voël

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