winnen
Middle Dutch
verb
Definitions
- to win, to acquire through effort, to earn
- to acquire, to get
- to gain
- to delve, to mine
- to conquer, to take
- (of a male) to beget a child, to sire
- (of a female) to give birth to
Etymology
Inherited from Old Dutch winnan inherited from *winnan inherited from Proto-Germanic *winnaną (gain, win, fight, labour, swink, labor, strive) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wen- (desire, love, strive, wish, win, strive for, wish for, reach, be satisfied, want).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wen-
Gloss
desire, love, strive, wish, win, strive for, wish for, reach, be satisfied, want
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
欲
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aanwinnen Dutch, Flemish
- gewinnen Dutch, Flemish
- herwinnen Dutch, Flemish
- kostwinner Dutch, Flemish
- ontwinnen Dutch, Flemish
- overwinnen Dutch, Flemish
- verwinnen Dutch, Flemish
- wingewest Dutch, Flemish
- winnaar Dutch, Flemish
- winnares Dutch, Flemish
- winnen Dutch, Flemish
- winning Dutch, Flemish
- winst Dutch, Flemish
- winzucht Dutch, Flemish
- *wen- Proto-Indo-European
- *wenh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *winnaną Proto-Germanic
- *wundrą Proto-Germanic
- *wunjō Proto-Germanic
- *wunô Proto-Germanic
- *wēniz Proto-Germanic
- winnan Old English
- vinna Old Norse
- gewinnen Middle Dutch
- giwennen Old High German
- giwinnan Old High German
- winnan Old High German
- wen Afrikaans
- 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *winnan gmw-pro
- farwinnan Old Dutch
- giwinnan Old Dutch
- winnan Old Dutch
- *wan- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- winnan Old Saxon
- winna Old Frisian