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Where does “ván” come from?

ván (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic wēniz, from Proto-Indo-European wenh₁- — to love.

ván (Old Norse): hope, expectation

Definitions

  1. hope, expectation

Ancestry of “ván”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwēnizlikely, to be expected; promising, hopeful; hope,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwenh₁-to love

Words derived from “ván”

  • vona
  • von
  • vone
  • vona
  • tálvon
  • vonandi
  • von
  • vána
  • vón
  • vónbrot
  • von
  • uon
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wenh₁- →