Where does “vente” come from?

vente (Danish) comes from Old Norse vænta, from Proto-Germanic wēnatjaną.

vente (Danish): wait; expect

Definitions

  1. wait; expect

Ancestry of “vente”, step by step

vente traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse vænta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsevænta—
2Proto-Germanicwēnatjaną—

via Old Norse vætta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsevætta—

Words derived from “vente”

Every word from Proto-Germanic wēnatjaną →Every word from Old Norse vænta →