lavieren

Etymology
, from, , which is derived from the cognate of German. It is often supposed that the Dutch verb is borrowed from, from , itself a Dutch borrowing in Middle French. The phonetics of the Dutch word speak in favour of this, but the earliest French attestation is no less than 200 years younger than the earliest one in Dutch. Compare modern 🇨🇬, modern 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  to tack manoeuvre a ship through strong winds
 * 2)  to manoeuvre so as to avoid difficulties