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

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Person/Thing

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