vang
English
verb
Definitions
- (dialectal) To take; undertake for.
- (dialectal) To undertake for at the baptismal font; be godfather or godmother to.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English vangen derived from Old English fōn (seize, catch, take, meet with, accept, receive, make prisoner, undertake, capture, grasp, assume, encounter) derived from Old Norse fanga (capture, fetch) derived from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną, *fangōną (capture, catch) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- (place, fasten).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ph₂ḱ-
Gloss
place, fasten
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Feuer fangen German
- Unterfangen German
- abfangen German
- anfangen German
- auffangen German
- befangen German
- empfangen German
- fangen German
- fangfrisch German
- verfangen German
- aanvangen Dutch, Flemish
- bevangen Dutch, Flemish
- drollenvanger Dutch, Flemish
- gevang Dutch, Flemish
- invangen Dutch, Flemish
- koevanger Dutch, Flemish
- ondervangen Dutch, Flemish
- ontvangen Dutch, Flemish
- vangbal Dutch, Flemish
- vangen Dutch, Flemish
- vangrail Dutch, Flemish
- vangst Dutch, Flemish
- vangtand Dutch, Flemish
- vervangen Dutch, Flemish
- vliegenvanger Dutch, Flemish
- *ph₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *fagraz Proto-Germanic
- *fanhaną, *fangōną Proto-Germanic
- fånga Swedish
- fange Norwegian Nynorsk
- afon Old English
- befon Old English
- forefon Old English
- forfon Old English
- fōn Old English
- gefon Old English
- misfon Old English
- onfon Old English
- underfon Old English
- wiþfon Old English
- ymbfon Old English
- ætfon Old English
- vangen Middle English
- fanga Old Norse
- fange Danish
- fangenskab Danish
- fængsel Danish
- undfange Danish
- vangen Middle Dutch
- vangen Middle Low German
- fange Western Frisian
- fā Old Frisian
- fange Old Danish