winnen
Low German
verb
Definitions
- to win
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Low German winnen inherited from Old Saxon winnan inherited from *winnan inherited from Proto-Germanic *winnaną (gain, win, fight, labour, swink, labor, strive) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wen- (desire, love, strive, wish, win, strive for, wish for, reach, be satisfied, want).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wen-
Gloss
desire, love, strive, wish, win, strive for, wish for, reach, be satisfied, want
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
欲
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bewin English
- electrowin English
- outwin English
- overwin English
- rewin English
- win English
- winless English
- winnability English
- winnable English
- winner English
- winnest English
- winneth English
- witherwin English
- Gewinner German
- Gewinnspiel German
- abgewinnen German
- gewinnbar German
- gewinnen German
- liebgewinnen German
- wiedergewinnen German
- aanwinnen Dutch, Flemish
- herwinnen Dutch, Flemish
- kostwinner Dutch, Flemish
- ontwinnen Dutch, Flemish
- overwinnen Dutch, Flemish
- verwinnen Dutch, Flemish
- wingewest Dutch, Flemish
- winnaar Dutch, Flemish
- winnares Dutch, Flemish
- winnen Dutch, Flemish
- winning Dutch, Flemish
- winst Dutch, Flemish
- winzucht Dutch, Flemish
- *wen- Proto-Indo-European
- *wenh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *winnaną Proto-Germanic
- *wundrą Proto-Germanic
- *wunjō Proto-Germanic
- *wunô Proto-Germanic
- *wēniz Proto-Germanic
- vinna Swedish
- vinnare Swedish
- återvinna Swedish
- övervinna Swedish
- winnan Old English
- winnen Middle English
- vinna Old Norse
- winnen Middle Dutch
- giwennen Old High German
- giwinnan Old High German
- winnan Old High German
- wen Afrikaans
- gewinnen Middle High German
- 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *winnan gmw-pro
- winnan Old Dutch
- winnen Middle Low German
- *wan- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- awinnan Old Saxon
- giwinnan Old Saxon
- winnan Old Saxon
- vinna Old Swedish
- winna Old Frisian
- wina Xhosa
- winim Tok Pisin
- Winnst Low German
- överwinnen Low German
- win Chuukese