vracht
Middle Dutch
/vraxt/
noun
Definitions
- payment for cargo
- freight, load, cargo
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German vracht (freight money) derived from Old Saxon frāht derived from Proto-Germanic *fra- (for-, fully, away, prefix meaning completely).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*fra-
Gloss
for-, fully, away, prefix meaning completely
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fraught English
- freight English
- Fracht German
- karrenvracht Dutch, Flemish
- scheepsvracht Dutch, Flemish
- vracht Dutch, Flemish
- vrachtauto Dutch, Flemish
- vrachtkonvooi Dutch, Flemish
- vrachtschip Dutch, Flemish
- vrachtvliegtuig Dutch, Flemish
- vrachtwagen Dutch, Flemish
- *bhā- Proto-Indo-European
- *dgʷhey- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eyḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *pro- Proto-Indo-European
- *wer- Proto-Indo-European
- *aihtiz Proto-Germanic
- *farswelganą Proto-Germanic
- *fra- Proto-Germanic
- *fraetaną Proto-Germanic
- *fur- Proto-Germanic
- for- Old English
- fordwīnan Old English
- forsċieppan Old English
- forwærnan Old English
- fraught Middle English
- freyght Middle English
- for- Old Norse
- prah Indonesian
- vrecht Middle Dutch
- 𐍆𐍂𐌰- Gothic
- *frēht Old Dutch
- vracht Middle Low German
- vrecht Middle Low German
- far- Old Saxon
- frāht Old Saxon
- *firbannjan, furbannjan, *furbannjan Frankish