vorke

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch furka, from Proto-West Germanic *furkō, from Latin furca.

Noun

vorke f

fork (pronged tool, sometimes for eating)
fork (in an object), branching, split

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Dutch: vork
- Afrikaans: vurk
  - →? Sotho: fereko
  - → Xhosa: ifolokhwe
- Berbice Creole Dutch: forku, foruku
- Negerhollands: vork
- → Caribbean Javanese: forok
- → Indonesian: porok
- → Papiamentu: fòrki (from the diminutive)
- →? Sranan Tongo: forku
  - → Aukan: foluku
  - → Caribbean Hindustani: forku, phorku
  - → Saramaccan: folúku

Further reading

“vorke”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vorke”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

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