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Where does “waiþanjan” come from?

waiþanjan (Frankish) comes from Proto-Germanic waiþō, from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.

waiþanjan (Frankish): to hunt, graze; get food; to pasture, graze, hunt...

Definitions

  1. to hunt, graze; get food; to pasture, graze, hunt...

Ancestry of “waiþanjan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwaiþōa hunt, pursuit, chase; a pasture, grassland,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanweyh₁-to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute

Words derived from “waiþanjan”

  • guadaña
  • guadañazo
  • guadagnare
  • guadagnabile
  • gagner
  • gagne-pain
  • gagneur
  • gains
  • gagnable
  • regagner
  • gain
  • gadanha
  • guany
  • guanyar
  • guanyador
  • gajni
  • malgajni
  • gaaing
  • gaaignier
  • gayn
  • gaigner
  • gângne-pain
  • gângn'nie
  • gângni
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