vergewe
Afrikaans
/fərˈχɪə̯.və/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to forgive
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish vergeven (forgive) inherited from Middle Dutch vergēven inherited from Old Dutch *fargevan inherited from Proto-Germanic *fragebaną (forgive, give, give up, release, grant, give away).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*fragebaną
Gloss
forgive, give, give up, release, grant, give away
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- per- Latin
- vergeeflijk Dutch, Flemish
- vergeefs Dutch, Flemish
- vergeven Dutch, Flemish
- vergeving Dutch, Flemish
- vergiffenis Dutch, Flemish
- *fragebaną Proto-Germanic
- forgiefan Old English
- forġiefan Old English
- fyrirgefa Old Norse
- vergeven Middle Dutch
- vergēven Middle Dutch
- fargeban Old High German
- firgeban Old High German
- 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *fargevan Old Dutch
- fargevan Old Saxon
- urieva Old Frisian