vante
Swedish
noun
Definitions
- glove (fingervante), mitten (tumvante); an item of knitted clothing for the hands, chiefly used for protection against extreme temperatures
Etymology
Derived from Old Swedish wante derived from Old Norse vǫttr derived from Proto-Germanic *wantuz (glove, mitten) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wondʰnú- (glove), *wendʰ- (wind, turn, braid, wrap, twist, weave, wool, hair, bend, beard).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wendʰ-
Gloss
wind, turn, braid, wrap, twist, weave, wool, hair, bend, beard
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
髪
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- demigauntlet English
- gauntlet English
- gauntleted English
- ungauntlet English
- wantus Latin
- Wanderlust German
- agghindarsi Italian
- agguantare Italian
- guantato Italian
- riagguantare Italian
- hoekwant Dutch, Flemish
- want Dutch, Flemish
- guinder French
- ἴονθος Ancient Greek
- *lewH- Proto-Indo-European
- *wendʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *wendʰ-eh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *wondʰnú- Proto-Indo-European
- *wondʰsom Proto-Indo-European
- vott Norwegian Bokmål
- *biwindaną Proto-Germanic
- *wandijaną Proto-Germanic
- *wandrōną Proto-Germanic
- *wanduz Proto-Germanic
- *wantuz Proto-Germanic
- *windaną Proto-Germanic
- vott Norwegian Nynorsk
- gauntelett Middle English
- vǫttr Old Norse
- want Middle Dutch
- want Afrikaans
- vøttur Faroese
- *vant'us Proto-Finnic
- wante Old Swedish
- *want, *wantu Frankish
- wante Papiamentu