oalje

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian olie, ele, from Proto-West Germanic *oli. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Oulje, Afrikaans olie, German Öl.

Noun

oalje c (plural oaljes)

1. oil

Derived terms

• olive-oalje

Further reading

• “oalje”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011