morgengave
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈmɔr.ɣə(n)ˌɣaː.və/
noun
Definitions
- morning gift the gift given by the bridegroom to the bride on the morning after the wedding night
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch morgengave inherited from Old Dutch *morgangāva inherited from Proto-Germanic *murgnagebō (morning gift) compound from Dutch, Flemish morgen (morning) + Dutch, Flemish gave (gift).
Origin
Dutch (Brabantic)
gave
Gloss
gift
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- morgen English
- morning gift English
- Morgen German
- afgave Dutch, Flemish
- dinsdagmorgen Dutch, Flemish
- dinsdagsmorgens Dutch, Flemish
- donderdagmorgen Dutch, Flemish
- donderdagsmorgens Dutch, Flemish
- gave Dutch, Flemish
- goeiemorgen Dutch, Flemish
- maandagmorgen Dutch, Flemish
- maandagsmorgens Dutch, Flemish
- morgen Dutch, Flemish
- morgendauw Dutch, Flemish
- morgenrood Dutch, Flemish
- morgenster Dutch, Flemish
- morgenstond Dutch, Flemish
- opgave Dutch, Flemish
- overgave Dutch, Flemish
- teruggave Dutch, Flemish
- uitgave Dutch, Flemish
- vrijdagmorgen Dutch, Flemish
- vrijdagsmorgens Dutch, Flemish
- woensdagmorgen Dutch, Flemish
- woensdagsmorgens Dutch, Flemish
- zaterdagmorgen Dutch, Flemish
- zaterdagsmorgens Dutch, Flemish
- zondagmorgen Dutch, Flemish
- zondagsmorgens Dutch, Flemish
- *murgnagebō Proto-Germanic
- morgengiefu Old English
- morgenġifu Old English
- morgengive Middle English
- gave Middle Dutch
- morgen Middle Dutch
- morgengave Middle Dutch
- morgangeba Old High German
- môre Afrikaans
- *morgangāva Old Dutch
- morgu Sranan Tongo
- gave
- opgave
- morgen
- afgave
- uitgave
- overgave
- teruggave
- morgendauw
- morgenster
- morgenrood
- morgenstond
- goeiemorgen
- zondagmorgen
- dinsdagmorgen
- maandagmorgen
- vrijdagmorgen
- zaterdagmorgen
- woensdagmorgen
- zondagsmorgens
- donderdagmorgen
- maandagsmorgens
- dinsdagsmorgens
- vrijdagsmorgens
- woensdagsmorgens
- zaterdagsmorgens
- donderdagsmorgens