Where does “fangelen” come from?
fangelen (Middle English) comes from Middle English fangel, from Old English fangol, from Old English fōn, from Old Norse fanga, from Middle Low German vangen, from Proto-Germanic fangōną, from Proto-Germanic -ōną, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.
Ancestry of “fangelen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | fangel | inclined to take |
| 2 | Old English | fangol | inclined to take |
| 3 | Old English | fōn | to take, grasp, seize, catch, capture, make... |
| 4 | Old Norse | fanga | to fetch, capture |
| 5 | Middle Low German | vangen | captive; to catch |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fangōną | to catch, capture |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “fangelen”