köken: Borrowed from Latin rōbustus (“hard, solid”, literally “oaken, of oak”), derived from rōbur (“hard oak; hardness”), from ruber (“red”) (for its reddish hardwood), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰrós, from the root *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”).
köken: Borrowed from Latin rōbustus (“hard, solid”, literally “oaken, of oak”), derived from rōbur (“hard oak; hardness”), from ruber (“red”) (for its reddish hardwood), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰrós, from the root *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”). Doublet of rubesto.
köken: Borrowed from Middle Low German flink (“quick, gleaming”). Perhaps ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *flakurōną (“to flutter, beat repeatedly”). Compare also Middle Dutch vlinken (verb).
aile: flinkerd, flinkheid, flinks
Dat is een flink huis, hoeveel mensen wonen daar?
Het is wel een flink bedrag. Weet je zeker dat ik het mag hebben?
Hij is erg flink geweest bij de dokter; hij heeft niet eens gehuild!
köken: From Latin rōbustus (“hard, solid”, literally “oaken, of oak”), derived from rōbur (“hard oak; hardness”), from ruber (“red”) (for its reddish hardwood), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰrós, from the root *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”).
köken: From Dutch stout, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stultaz, whence also stolt (“proud”). Also related to stout (“type of beer”), which is borrowed from English.