væsen
Danish
[ˈvɛˀsən]
noun
Definitions
- creature
- nature
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German wesen (existence) borrowed from German Wesen (character, essence) derived from Proto-Germanic *wesaną (be, remain, graze, consume, feast).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wesaną
Gloss
be, remain, graze, consume, feast
Concept
Semantic Field
Miscellaneous function words
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Hauswesen German
- Hüttenwesen German
- Leidwesen German
- Rechtswesen German
- Verlagswesen German
- Wesen German
- Wesensmerkmal German
- Wesenszug German
- hiesig German
- wesensgleich German
- wesentlich German
- wezen Dutch, Flemish
- *bʰew- Proto-Indo-European
- *es- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁ésti Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂wes- Proto-Indo-European
- *beuną Proto-Germanic
- *esi/*izi Proto-Germanic
- *isti Proto-Germanic
- *wesaną Proto-Germanic
- bēon Old English
- wesan Old English
- ætwesan Old English
- vera Old Norse
- vesa Old Norse
- vesa, vera Old Norse
- vist Old Norse
- hankøn Danish
- hankønsvæsen Danish
- hunkøn Danish
- hunkønsvæsen Danish
- intelligens Danish
- intelligensvæsen Danish
- nuværende Danish
- rum Danish
- rumvæsen Danish
- samvær Danish
- undvære Danish
- være Danish
- værelse Danish
- væremåde Danish
- væsentlig Danish
- vesen Czech
- sīn Old High German
- wesan Old High German
- 𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *wesan gmw-pro
- wesan Old Dutch
- wesen Middle Low German
- wesentlich Middle Low German
- wesan Old Saxon
- wesa Old Frisian
- wesen Low German
- waræ, wæræ Old Danish