van-

Icelandic

prefix

Definitions

too little, short of, lacking in

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse van- (mal-, mis-) derived from Proto-Germanic *wanaz (lacking, deficient, missing, absent).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*wanaz

Gloss

lacking, deficient, missing, absent

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*h₁weh₂- Proto-Indo-European
*wāno- Proto-Indo-European
van- Norwegian Bokmål
*wanaz Proto-Germanic
van- Swedish
van- Norwegian Nynorsk
wan- Old English
van- Old Norse
vanr Old Norse
𐍅𐌰𐌽𐍃 Gothic
wan- Old Saxon