ge-

Afrikaans

/χə/

prefix
Definitions
  • Used to form the past participle

Etymology

Inherited from Dutch, Flemish ge- (a prefix that indicates a single collective whole) inherited from Middle Dutch ge- inherited from Old Dutch gi- inherited from Proto-Germanic *ga- (co-, together, with, collective and associative prefix) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (with, along, next to, at, by, beside, near).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ḱóm

Gloss

with, along, next to, at, by, beside, near

Concept
Semantic Field

Miscellaneous function words

Ontological Category

Other

Kanji

近

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms