gain

Middle English

/ɡɛi̯n/

adjective

Definitions

(alt form) gayn

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse gegn (ready, serviceable, kindly, direct, short, fit, directAdjective, fitAdjective, straight).

Origin

Old Norse

gegn

Gloss

ready, serviceable, kindly, direct, short, fit, directAdjective, fitAdjective, straight

Concept

Semantic Field

Time

Ontological Category

Property

`Kanji`

短

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

ungainly English
*gagin Proto-Germanic
gjegn Norwegian Nynorsk
gaine Middle English
gayn Middle English
gayne Middle English
gein Middle English
geyn Middle English
gegn Old Norse
gen Old Swedish
djinhöv Westrobothnian
genhöt Westrobothnian