onfon
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to receive, accept
- to take
- to perceive, catch on to
- to undertake, undergo
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Germanic *and- prefix from Old English fōn (seize, catch, take, meet with, accept, receive, make prisoner, undertake, capture, grasp, assume, encounter).
Origin
Old English
fōn
Gloss
seize, catch, take, meet with, accept, receive, make prisoner, undertake, capture, grasp, assume, encounter
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Empfänger German
- Empfängnis German
- empfangen German
- empfänglich German
- fangen German
- *h₂énti Proto-Indo-European
- *and- Proto-Germanic
- afon Old English
- and- Old English
- andlang Old English
- befon Old English
- forefon Old English
- forfon Old English
- fōn Old English
- gefon Old English
- misfon Old English
- underfon Old English
- wiþfon Old English
- ymbfon Old English
- ætfon Old English
- vangen Middle English
- fanga Old Norse
- enphāhen Middle High German