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See also: Appendix:Variations of "wan"
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English wan-, from Old English wan-, from Proto-West Germanic *wana-, from Proto-Germanic *wanaz (“lacking, missing, deficient”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“to be lacking, be empty”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Prefix[edit]
wan-
- (no longer productive) Preceding nouns and adjectives with the sense “bad”, “un-”.
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Dutch wan-, from Old Dutch *wan-, from Proto-Germanic *wana-, a prefixing form of *wanaz.
Pronunciation[edit]
Prefix[edit]
wan-
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Old English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *wana-, from Proto-Germanic *wanaz (“lacking”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“to be lacking, be empty”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Prefix[edit]
wan-
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Descendants[edit]
Old Saxon[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *wanaz (“lacking”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“to be lacking, be empty”).
Prefix[edit]
wan-
Scots[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English wan-.
Pronunciation[edit]
Prefix[edit]
wan-
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