van-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "van"

DanishEdit

PrefixEdit

van-

  1. giving the sense of wrong, bad; mis-, dys-, mal-

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

IcelandicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse van-, from Proto-Germanic *wanaz (“lacking, deficient”). Confer Old Norse vanr (“lacking, wanting”).

PrefixEdit

van-

  1. too little, short of, lacking in

Derived termsEdit

too little, short of

See alsoEdit

Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse van-.

PrefixEdit

van-

  1. mal-, mis-

Derived termsEdit

► Norwegian Bokmål words prefixed with van-

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse van-.

PrefixEdit

van-

  1. mal-, mis-

Derived termsEdit

► Norwegian Nynorsk words prefixed with van-

ReferencesEdit

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-

  1. denoting lacking, under-, un-

Derived termsEdit

► Old Norse words prefixed with van-

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-

  1. mis-, un-, de-, without

See alsoEdit

Derived termsEdit

► Swedish words prefixed with van-

AnagramsEdit

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