doen

Dutch (Brabantic)

/dun/

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) to do
  • (transitive) to put
  • (auxiliary) to cause to, to make;
  • (with m) to be different; to make a difference
  • (informal) to behave or act in some way
  • Used as the finite verb after the fronting of an infinitive.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch doen inherited from Old Dutch duon inherited from Proto-Germanic *dōną (do, put, make, place) derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁t, *dʰeh₁- (put, place, set, do, suck, suckle, make).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*dʰeh₁-

Gloss

put, place, set, do, suck, suckle, make

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

哺

Emoji

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