viant
Middle Dutch
noun
Definitions
- enemy, opponent
- devil
- monster
Etymology
Inherited from Old Dutch fiund inherited from Proto-Germanic *fijandz (enemy, fiend).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*fijandz
Gloss
enemy, fiend
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
敵
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aartsvijand Dutch, Flemish
- erfvijand Dutch, Flemish
- oefenvijand Dutch, Flemish
- staatsvijand Dutch, Flemish
- vijand Dutch, Flemish
- vijandelijk Dutch, Flemish
- vijandig Dutch, Flemish
- vijandschap Dutch, Flemish
- *peh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *fijandz Proto-Germanic
- feond Old English
- fēond Old English
- fjándi Old Norse
- fīand Old High German
- fīant Old High German
- vyand Afrikaans
- 𐍆𐌹𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 Gothic
- fiund Old Dutch
- fīand Old Dutch
- fiand Old Saxon
- fīand Old Frisian
- Feind Hunsrik