wind
Afrikaans
/vənt/
noun
Definitions
- A wind movement of air.
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish wind (wind, fart, greyhound, draft) inherited from Middle Dutch wint inherited from Old Dutch wint inherited from Proto-Germanic *windaz derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (blowing, wind).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂wéh₁n̥ts
Gloss
blowing, wind
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
風
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Windhoek English
- bergwind English
- Windhoek Dutch, Flemish
- benedenwinds Dutch, Flemish
- bergwind Dutch, Flemish
- bovenwinds Dutch, Flemish
- buikwind Dutch, Flemish
- föhnwind Dutch, Flemish
- rugwind Dutch, Flemish
- rukwind Dutch, Flemish
- stijgwind Dutch, Flemish
- tegenwind Dutch, Flemish
- wervelwind Dutch, Flemish
- wind Dutch, Flemish
- windenergie Dutch, Flemish
- winderig Dutch, Flemish
- windhaak Dutch, Flemish
- windhaan Dutch, Flemish
- windhandel Dutch, Flemish
- windhandelaar Dutch, Flemish
- windhond Dutch, Flemish
- windhoos Dutch, Flemish
- windkracht Dutch, Flemish
- windkruis Dutch, Flemish
- windmolen Dutch, Flemish
- windpark Dutch, Flemish
- windrichting Dutch, Flemish
- windroos Dutch, Flemish
- windschade Dutch, Flemish
- windscherm Dutch, Flemish
- windvaan Dutch, Flemish
- windvlaag Dutch, Flemish
- windwaarts Dutch, Flemish
- windwak Dutch, Flemish
- windwijzer Dutch, Flemish
- zonnewind Dutch, Flemish
- Виндхук Russian
- *h₂weh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂wéh₁n̥tos Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂wéh₁n̥ts Proto-Indo-European
- Windhoek Portuguese
- *windaz Proto-Germanic
- ウィントフック Japanese
- wind Old English
- vindr Old Norse
- Վինդհուկ Armenian
- wint Middle Dutch
- wint Old High German
- berg Afrikaans
- bergwind Afrikaans
- meul Afrikaans
- windmeul Afrikaans
- 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍃 Gothic
- *wind gmw-pro
- wint Old Dutch
- *wintos Proto-Celtic
- 溫得和克 Chinese
- *HwáHatas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- wind Old Saxon
- 빈트후크 Korean
- *wentos Proto-Italic
- wind Old Frisian
- ba Northern Kurdish
- winti Sranan Tongo
- 𒄷𒌋𒉿𒀭𒍝 Hittite
- *w'entë Proto-Tocharian
- wintch Crimean Gothic