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Where does “venja” come from?

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

venja (Old Norse): to accustom, to make used to; to train; to get...

Definitions

  1. to accustom, to make used to; to train; to get...

Ancestry of “venja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwanjanąto accustom, to make used to
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwenh₁-to love

Words derived from “venja”

  • vänja
  • læsevant
  • vant
  • vænne
  • vandi
  • vandamál
  • venja
  • venjulegur
  • siðvenja
  • venja
  • vænia
  • wæniæ
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wenh₁- →