Where does “emfang” come from?
emfang (Danish) comes from Danish fang, from Danish fange, from Old Danish fange, from Middle Low German vangen, from Proto-Germanic fangōną, from Proto-Germanic -ōną, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
emfang (Danish): a hood fan with a funnel- or box-shaped screen to hang over a stove to suck steam and cooking fumes out of the kitchen
Definitions
- a hood fan with a funnel- or box-shaped screen to hang over a stove to suck steam and cooking fumes out of the kitchen
Ancestry of “emfang”, step by step
emfang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish fang
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | fang | imperative of fange |
| 2 | Danish | fange | to catch, to capture; prisoner, captive |
| 3 | Old Danish | fange | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | vangen | captive; to catch |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fangōną | to catch, capture |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Danish em
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | em | steam, vapour |
| 2 | Danish | europamesterskab | European championship |
| 3 | Danish | skab | mange; scab; vermin |
| 4 | Middle Low German | schap | cupboard, cabinet, coffer |
| 5 | Old Saxon | skāp | sheep |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | skāp | sheep |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | skapą | shape |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | skapjaną | to make, to create; to shape |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | skab- | to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,... |