Where does “verpanden” come from?
verpanden (Dutch) comes from Dutch pand — house; pledge, pawn; premises.
verpanden (Dutch): to pawn (to sell something to a pawn shop)
Definitions
- to pawn (to sell something to a pawn shop)
Ancestry of “verpanden”, step by step
verpanden traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch pand
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | pand | house; pledge, pawn; premises |
via Dutch ver- -en
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | ver- -en | Forms factitive or ergative verbs from adjectives, meaning "to make more (adjective)" or "to become (adjective)" |