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laveer

Meaningto sail up and down

Common meaning: tack against the wind

Journey through time

  1. Middle Dutchlaveren‘to sail up and down’source
  2. Dutchlaveerensource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsto sail up and down → tack against the windlaveer‘tack against the wind’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Middle Dutch laveren ‘to sail up and down’.

Roots

  • laveren Middle Dutch “to sail up and down”

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