undfange
Danish
[ˈɔnˌfɑŋˀə]
verb
Definitions
- to conceive a child or an idea
Etymology
Inherited from Old Danish undfange affix from Danish fange (catch, captive, capture) borrowed from Middle Low German entvangen, untfangen derived 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
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
- *fangą Proto-Germanic
- *fanhaną Proto-Germanic
- fon Old English
- fá Old Norse
- fange Danish
- fangenskab Danish
- fængsel Danish
- fāhan Old High German
- enphāhen Middle High German
- vāhen Middle High German
- 𐍆𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *fą̄han gmw-pro
- fān Old Dutch
- entvangen Middle Low German
- fangen Middle Low German
- untfangen Middle Low German
- bangan Cimbrian
- fahan Old Saxon
- fā Old Frisian
- fange Old Danish
- undfange Old Danish
- fu North Frisian
- füünj North Frisian