van-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "van"
DanishEdit
PrefixEdit
van-
Derived termsEdit
IcelandicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse van-, from Proto-Germanic *wanaz (“lacking, deficient”). Confer Old Norse vanr (“lacking, wanting”).
PrefixEdit
van-
Derived termsEdit
too little, short of
- vanefna
- vanefni
- vanfær
- vangefinn
- vangeta
- vangoldinn
- vangreiddur
- vangæfa
- vanhagi
- vanheill
- vanheilsa
- vanhelga
- vanhelgun
- vanhirða
- vanhugsaður
- vanhæfni
- vanhæfur
- vanhöld
- vankantar
- vankunnandi
- vankunnátta
- vanlíðan
- vanmat
- vanmáttarkennd
- vanmáttur
- vanmeta
- vannærður
- vanrækja
See alsoEdit
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
PrefixEdit
van-
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “van-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
PrefixEdit
van-
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “van-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old NorseEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- var- (possibly not of the same origin).
EtymologyEdit
From vanr (“what is lacking”), from Proto-Germanic *wanaz. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“to leave, abandon”). See also modern English wan-.
PrefixEdit
van-
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- van- in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse van-, from Proto-Germanic *wanaz (“lacking, deficient”). Cognate with English wan-.
PrefixEdit
van-