van

Dutch (Brabantic)

/vɑn/

preposition

Definitions

of possession, property
of general association
by, of creator
from origin
from starting point of a movement or change
from starting point in time
from, off removal of something from off something else
of, out of, from, with cause
of, out of, with material or resource
of, out of, among out of a larger whole, partitive
from, was, formerly indicating a change in price
(colloquial) like quotative (used to introduce direct speech)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch van inherited from Old Dutch fan (from) inherited from Proto-Germanic *fanē (from) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂poneh₁ (from), *h₂epo (off, from, away, back, of).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₂epo

Gloss

off, from, away, back, of

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`Kanji`

後, 背

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