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Dutch (Brabantic)

/ˈʋɔrdə(n)/

verb
Definitions
  • (copulative) to become; to get; to grow; to turn
  • (transitive) Used to form the imperfect tense of the passive voice, together with a past participle.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch werden inherited from Old Dutch werthan inherited from *werþan inherited from Proto-Germanic *werþaną (become, happen, turn, turn into, come into being, come about) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *wértti (be turning around, be turning), *wert- (turn, rotate, wind, spin, twist, become, bend, turn out).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*wert-

Gloss

turn, rotate, wind, spin, twist, become, bend, turn out

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

風

Emoji
🙃

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