want
Middle Dutch
contraction
Definitions
- because, for
Etymology
Inherited from Old Dutch wanda inherited from Proto-Germanic *hwandē.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hwandē
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Want German
- buikwand Dutch, Flemish
- celwand Dutch, Flemish
- hoekwant Dutch, Flemish
- wand Dutch, Flemish
- wandcontactdoos Dutch, Flemish
- wandkaart Dutch, Flemish
- wandtapijt Dutch, Flemish
- want Dutch, Flemish
- gant French
- gantelet French
- ganterie French
- gantier French
- monogant French
- *wendʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *gawandą Proto-Germanic
- *hwandê Proto-Germanic
- *hwandē Proto-Germanic
- *wanduz Proto-Germanic
- wand Old English
- vǫndr Old Norse
- guant Old French
- ganto Esperanto
- γάντι Greek (modern)
- want Old High German
- want Afrikaans
- găng Vietnamese
- 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- *giwant Old Dutch
- wanda Old Dutch
- *vandeh Proto-Finnic
- *wand Old Saxon
- gwann Westrobothnian
- wante Papiamentu
- gan Antillean Creole