vorke

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Noun

vorke f

1. fork (pronged tool, sometimes for eating)
2. 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
  • → Manado Malay: forok

Further reading

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