van-

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Danish

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van-

  1. giving the sense of wrong, bad; mis-, dys-, mal-

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse van-, from Proto-Germanic *wanaz (lacking, deficient). Compare Old Norse vanr (lacking, wanting).

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van-

  1. too little, short of, lacking in

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse van-.

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van-

  1. mal-, mis-

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse van-.

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van-

  1. mal-, mis-

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Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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  • var- (possibly not of the same origin).

Etymology

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From vanr (what is lacking), from Proto-Germanic *wanaz. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (to leave, abandon). See also modern English wan-.

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van-

  1. denoting lacking, under-, un-

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: van-
  • Faroese: van-
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: van-
  • Norwegian Bokmål: van-
  • Swedish: van-
  • Danish: van-

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  • van- in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse van-, from Proto-Germanic *wanaz (lacking, deficient). Cognate with English wan-.

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van-

  1. mis-, un-, de-, without

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