gamen
Old English
noun
Definitions
- game, sport, or pastime
- joy, mirth, or pleasure
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *gamaną (game, pleasure, amusement, literally participation, people together, communion).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*gamaną
Gloss
game, pleasure, amusement, literally participation, people together, communion
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
快
Emoji
♠️ ♣️ ♥️ ♦️ ⚽️ ⚾️ 🀄️ 🃏 🎮️ 🎯 🎰 🎱 🎲 🎳 🎴 🎾 🏀 🏏 🏐 🏑 🏒 🏓 🏸 🕹️ 🥌
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- backgammon English
- game English
- *men- Proto-Indo-European
- *gamaną Proto-Germanic
- gamenian Old English
- gæmnian Old English
- agame Middle English
- game Middle English
- gameful Middle English
- gamely Middle English
- gamen Middle English
- gamme Middle English
- gammen Middle English
- gaman Old Norse
- man Old Norse
- gaman Icelandic
- gamanleikur Icelandic
- gamansamur Icelandic
- gamansemi Icelandic
- tómstundagaman Icelandic
- 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *gaman gmw-pro