Proto-Germanic

*wanô

‘lack, deficiency’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *wanô.

2 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *wanô, most familiar first.

• want ← wanten ← vanta ← *wanatōną
• wane ← wana ← *wanō

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *wanô