weinig
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈʋɛi̯nəx/
determiner
Definitions
- little, few, not much, not many
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch weinich inherited from Old Dutch *weinag inherited from Proto-Germanic *wainagaz (woeful, pitiful).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wainagaz
Gloss
woeful, pitiful
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- wane English
- wanest English
- waneth English
- waniand English
- waning English
- wany English
- vainaja Finnish
- Wenigkeit German
- blutwenig German
- ebensowenig German
- wenig German
- *wainagaz Proto-Germanic
- wana Old English
- weinich Middle Dutch
- *weinag Old High German
- wenag Old High German
- wēnag Old High German
- minder Middle High German
- weinec Middle High German
- 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌷𐍃 Gothic
- ווייניק Yiddish
- *weinag Old Dutch