wielewaal
Dutch edit
Alternative forms edit
- wiedewaal (now dialectal)
Etymology edit
From older wiedewaal by assimilation of -d- to -l-, from Middle Dutch wedewale. The first part, wede- probably stems from Proto-West Germanic *widu (“wood, forest”), whereas -wale could be onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
wielewaal m (plural wielewalen, diminutive wielewaaltje n)
- The golden oriole, Oriolus oriolus
- An oriole, any bird of the genus Oriolus
Further reading edit
- wielewaal (vogel) on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl