Where does “vangs” come from?
vangs (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch vangst, from Dutch -st, from Middle Dutch -st, from Old Dutch -ist, from Proto-Germanic -istaz, from Proto-Indo-European -istHos, from Proto-Indo-European -yōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yoss.
vangs (Afrikaans): catch, haul that which has been caught
Definitions
- catch, haul that which has been caught
Ancestry of “vangs”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | vangst | A catch, a haul; The act of catching |
| 2 | Dutch | -st | appended to the stem of a verb, this suffix... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | -st | Forms the superlative of adjectives; -est |
| 4 | Old Dutch | -ist | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -istaz | -est |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -istHos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yōs | Forms adjectives from roots, meaning "very" or... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yoss | — |