fon
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to catch, capture; seize
- (with tō) to take what is given, receive or accept what is offered
- (with tō) to conquer, take over
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną (take, capture, catch, seize).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*fanhaną
Gloss
take, capture, catch, seize
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- autoreceive English
- misreceive English
- receivability English
- receivable English
- receival English
- receive English
- receiver English
- receivest English
- receiveth English
- recevoir French
- *fangą Proto-Germanic
- *fanhaną Proto-Germanic
- receiven Middle English
- fá Old Norse
- ricevi Esperanto
- fá Icelandic
- vaen Middle Dutch
- vâen Middle Dutch
- fāhan Old High German
- fáa Faroese
- vāhen Middle High German
- 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍆𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *fą̄han gmw-pro
- anafan Old Dutch
- antfan Old Dutch
- bifan Old Dutch
- fān Old Dutch
- fangen Middle Low German
- untfangen Middle Low German
- bangan Cimbrian
- antfahan Old Saxon
- fahan Old Saxon
- gifahan Old Saxon
- umbifahan Old Saxon
- withfahan Old Saxon
- fa Old Swedish
- fa Westrobothnian
- fange Western Frisian
- fā Old Frisian
- fu North Frisian
- füünj North Frisian
- fá Scanian