formå
Danish
[fʌˈmɔˀ]
verb
Definitions
- to be capable, be able to
- to persuade /someone/ to do /something/
Etymology
Inherited from Old Danish formughe derived from Middle Low German vormogen, mogen (may) derived from Proto-Germanic *maganą (may, be able to, be able).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*maganą
Gloss
may, be able to, be able
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- matta Latin
- mögen German
- vermögen German
- *(me)mógʰe Proto-Indo-European
- *magʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *megʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *maganą Proto-Germanic
- förmå Swedish
- må Swedish
- formå Norwegian Nynorsk
- magan Old English
- mægen Old English
- mega Old Norse
- úmagi Old Norse
- dørmåtte Danish
- formue Danish
- måtte Danish
- motta Icelandic
- mugan Old High German
- motta Faroese
- 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *magan gmw-pro
- mugan Old Dutch
- matte Middle Low German
- mogen Middle Low German
- vermogen Middle Low German
- vormoge Middle Low German
- vormogen Middle Low German
- mugan Old Saxon
- formā Old Swedish
- *magan Frankish
- muga Old Frisian
- formughe Old Danish