wen
Afrikaans
/vɛn/
verb
Definitions
- to win
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish winnen (win) inherited from Middle Dutch winnen inherited from Old Dutch winnan inherited from Proto-Germanic *winnaną (gain, win, fight, labour, swink, labor, strive) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (love, wish, desire, strive, win, strive for, seek, wish for, succeed, pursue).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wenh₁-
Gloss
love, wish, desire, strive, win, strive for, seek, wish for, succeed, pursue
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
欲
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- wont English
- capillus Veneris Latin
- venereus Latin
- veneror Latin
- venia Latin
- vinnulus Latin
- vēnārī Latin
- vēnātiōnem Latin
- aanwinnen Dutch, Flemish
- herwinnen Dutch, Flemish
- kostwinner Dutch, Flemish
- ontwinnen Dutch, Flemish
- overwinnen Dutch, Flemish
- verwinnen Dutch, Flemish
- wingewest Dutch, Flemish
- winnaar Dutch, Flemish
- winnares Dutch, Flemish
- winnen Dutch, Flemish
- winning Dutch, Flemish
- winst Dutch, Flemish
- winzucht Dutch, Flemish
- *wen- Proto-Indo-European
- *wenh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *wenh₁-es-no- Proto-Indo-European
- *wenh₁is Proto-Indo-European
- *wenh₁ostos Proto-Indo-European
- *weyh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *wénh₁-os Proto-Indo-European
- *wénh₁-os-teh₂ts Proto-Indo-European
- *wénh₁osteh₂ts Proto-Indo-European
- *Balþawiniz Proto-Germanic
- *wanjaną Proto-Germanic
- *winiz Proto-Germanic
- *winjō Proto-Germanic
- *winnaną Proto-Germanic
- *wunaną, *wunēną, *wunajaną Proto-Germanic
- *wundrą Proto-Germanic
- *wundrōną Proto-Germanic
- *wunjō Proto-Germanic
- *wunskijaną Proto-Germanic
- *wunskō Proto-Germanic
- *wunô Proto-Germanic
- *wunāną Proto-Germanic
- *wēniz Proto-Germanic
- winnan Old English
- वन् Sanskrit
- vinna Old Norse
- gewinnen Middle Dutch
- winnen Middle Dutch
- giwennen Old High German
- giwinnan Old High German
- 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *winnan gmw-pro
- *wunnjusam gmw-pro
- farwinnan Old Dutch
- winnan Old Dutch
- *weniyā Proto-Celtic
- *wēnos Proto-Celtic
- *weneznom Proto-Italic
- *wenos Proto-Italic
- winna Old Frisian
- *un- Proto-Albanian