dravik

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch dravik; further origin uncertain:

• Possibly a derivation from the same source as draf (“dregs from grain”), and closely related to dreps (“Bromus secalinus”). For the suffix, compare herik, wederik, and so forth; -ik is a common element in plant names.
• A connection with Latin dravoca has also been proposed. If so, this word is ultimately related to tarwe.

Compare also English drawk.

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Noun

dravik m (plural draviken, diminutive dravikje n)

1. A brome, a grass of genus Bromus.

Derived terms

• sierlijke dravik
• zachte dravik

 

Related terms

• draf
• dreps

 

References

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “dravik”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Further reading

• dravik on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl