want
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ʋɑnt/
conjunction
Definitions
- for, because
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch want inherited from Old Dutch wanda inherited from Proto-Germanic *hwandê.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hwandê
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- demigauntlet English
- gauntlet English
- gauntleted English
- ungauntlet English
- Want German
- hoek Dutch, Flemish
- hoekwant Dutch, Flemish
- wand Dutch, Flemish
- *hwandê Proto-Germanic
- *hwandē Proto-Germanic
- *wanduz Proto-Germanic
- vante Swedish
- gauntelett Middle English
- guant Catalan, Valencian
- want Middle Dutch
- want Afrikaans
- *giwant Old Dutch
- wanda Old Dutch
- hwanda Old Saxon
- wante Old Swedish
- *want, *wantu Frankish
- hwant Old Frisian
- wante Papiamentu