maak
Afrikaans
/mɑːk/
verb
Definitions
- to make
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish maken (make) inherited from Middle Dutch maken (make, do) inherited from Old Dutch macon inherited from *makōn (work, make, build).
Origin
*makōn
Gloss
work, make, build
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
建
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aanmaken Dutch, Flemish
- afmaken Dutch, Flemish
- bekendmaken Dutch, Flemish
- bewustmaken Dutch, Flemish
- buitmaken Dutch, Flemish
- chijlmaking Dutch, Flemish
- gebruikmaken Dutch, Flemish
- goedmaken Dutch, Flemish
- grappenmaker Dutch, Flemish
- inmaken Dutch, Flemish
- kapotmaken Dutch, Flemish
- kennismaken Dutch, Flemish
- klaarmaken Dutch, Flemish
- kleermaakster Dutch, Flemish
- leegmaken Dutch, Flemish
- maakloon Dutch, Flemish
- maaksel Dutch, Flemish
- maakster Dutch, Flemish
- maken Dutch, Flemish
- maker Dutch, Flemish
- makerij Dutch, Flemish
- meemaken Dutch, Flemish
- mismaken Dutch, Flemish
- namaken Dutch, Flemish
- ontmaken Dutch, Flemish
- openmaken Dutch, Flemish
- opmaken Dutch, Flemish
- overmaken Dutch, Flemish
- scheurmaker Dutch, Flemish
- schoonmaken Dutch, Flemish
- uitmaken Dutch, Flemish
- verdachtmaking Dutch, Flemish
- vermaken Dutch, Flemish
- volmaken Dutch, Flemish
- vrijmaken Dutch, Flemish
- maquillage French
- *mag- Proto-Indo-European
- macian Old English
- maken Middle Dutch
- mahhon Old High German
- mahhōn Old High German
- skeur Afrikaans
- skeurmaker Afrikaans
- *makōn gmw-pro
- macon Old Dutch
- macōn Old Dutch
- makon Old Saxon
- makōn Old Saxon
- makia Old Frisian
- mek Old Frisian
- maquier Picard