efnan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to carry out; do; perform; execute; labour; achieve; show; fulfill
- to cause; endure; suffer
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *abnijaną (perform, execute, make) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- (work, effect, product, toil, ability, force, result of work).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₃ep-
Gloss
work, effect, product, toil, ability, force, result of work
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
働
Emoji
✂️ 🏗️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- officious English
- omnivore English
- cōpia Latin
- officium Latin
- omnivorus Latin
- opera Latin
- optimus Latin
- opus Latin
- ogni Italian
- ὄμπνη Ancient Greek
- *h₁epi Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁op- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁émnos, *(h₁)em-no- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃ep- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃ep-(i)- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃op- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃épos, *h₃ép-os Proto-Indo-European
- *op- Proto-Indo-European
- *abnijaną Proto-Germanic
- *abniją Proto-Germanic
- ämna Swedish
- efne Old English
- æfnan Old English
- evene Middle English
- evenen Middle English
- efna Old Norse
- efni Old Norse
- *opis Proto-Italic
- evin Scots