lijster

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch lijstre (“thrush”), from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-West Germanic *lī(h)strō, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-Germanic *laikaną (“to move about”) or possibly related to Ancient Greek λιγύς (ligús, “shrill, piercing”). Etymologisch Woordenboek van het Nederlands suggests a borrowing from a substrate language because of the word's local range.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛi̯s.tər/

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• Hyphenation: lijs‧ter
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯stər

Noun

lijster f (plural lijsters, diminutive lijstertje n)

1. a thrush, one of several species of songbirds of the family Turdidae

Derived terms

• beflijster
• goudlijster
• grote lijster
• lijsterbes
• spotlijster
• zanglijster

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: lijster (dated)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• slijter