Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAnything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent. · The act of finding.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pent-der. Proto-Germanic *finþaną Proto-West Germanic *finþan Old English findan Middle English fynden English find Inherited from Middle English fynden, from Old English findan, from Proto-West Germanic *finþan, from Proto-Germanic *finþaną, a secondary verb from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to go, pass; path bridge”). See also West Frisian fine, Low German finden, Dutch vinden, German finden, Danish finde, Norwegian Bokmål finne, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish finna; also English path, Old Irish étain (“I find”), áitt (“place”), Latin pōns (“bridge”), Ancient Greek πόντος (póntos, “sea”), Old Armenian հուն (hun, “ford”), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬧𐬙𐬃 (paṇtā̊), Sanskrit पथ (pathá, “path”), Proto-Slavic *pǫtь. For the meaning development compare Proto-Slavic *najьti > Russian найти́ (najtí), akin to Proto-Slavic *jьti > идти́ (idtí); Russian находи́ть (naxodítʹ), нахо́дка (naxódka), akin to ход (xod), ходи́ть (xodítʹ).
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- Inherited-form mentionfyndenenm
- Inherited-form mentionfindanang
- Inherited-form mention*finþangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*finþanągem-pro
- Inherited-form mention*pent-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionfinefy
- Cognate mentionfindennds
- Cognate mentionvindennl
- Cognate mentionfindende
- Cognate mentionfindeda
- Cognate mentionfinnenb
- Cognate mentionfinnasv
- Cognate mentionpathen
- Cognate mentionétainsga
- Cognate mentionpōnsla
- Cognate mentionπόντοςgrc
- Cognate mentionհունxcl
- Cognate mention𐬞𐬀𐬧𐬙𐬃ae
- Cognate mentionपथsa
- Cognate mention*pǫtьsla-pro
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"The act of finding."
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