fa
Westrobothnian
/foː/
verb
Definitions
- To receive, obtain.
- To have children.
- To give, hand.
- (reflexive) To convalesce.
- (auxiliary verb) May.
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse fá inherited from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną (take, capture, catch, seize).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*fanhaną
Gloss
take, capture, catch, seize
Concept
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Cognates and derived terms
- *fangą Proto-Germanic
- *fanhaną Proto-Germanic
- fon Old English
- fá Old Norse
- fá Icelandic
- fāhan Old High German
- fáa Faroese
- vāhen Middle High German
- 𐍆𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *fą̄han gmw-pro
- fān Old Dutch
- fangen Middle Low German
- untfangen Middle Low German
- bangan Cimbrian
- fahan Old Saxon
- fa Old Swedish
- fā Old Frisian
- fu North Frisian
- füünj North Frisian
- fá Scanian