vang

vang · verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ph₂ḱ-“to fasten, place”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*fanhaną, *fangōną“to catch, capture”
3. Old Norse · derived fromfanga“to fetch, capture”
4. Old English · derived fromfōn“to take, grasp, seize, catch, capture, make prisoner, receive, accept, assume, undertake, meet with, encounter”
5. Middle English · inherited fromvangen
6. English todayvang

From Middle English vangen, southern variant of fangen (“to seize, catch”), from Old English fōn (“to take, grasp, seize, catch, capture, make prisoner, receive, accept, assume, undertake, meet with, encounter”), and Old Norse fanga (“to fetch, capture”), both from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną, *fangōną (“to catch, capture”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”). Cognate with West Frisian fange (“to catch”), Dutch vangen (“to catch”), German fangen (“to catch”), Danish fange (“to catch”). More at fang.

vang · noun, verb²

1. Dutch · borrowed fromvang
2. English todayvang

From Dutch vang, from vangen (“to catch”), under influence of earlier English fang. Ultimately a doublet of Etymology 1 above.

Vang · proper noun³

1. Khmer · borrowed fromវ៉ាង
2. White Hmong · borrowed fromVaaj
3. White Hmong · borrowed fromVaj
4. Swedish · derived fromvång
5. Old Norse · derived fromvangr“field”
6. English todayVang

* As a North Germanic surname, from derivatives of Old Norse vangr (“field”) (such as modern Swedish vång). * As a Jewish surname, spelling variant of Wang. * As a Hmongic surname, from White Hmong Vaj, White Hmong Vaaj, or Khmer វ៉ាង (vaang).

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