/²van.tɛ/
UrsprungFrom Old Swedish wante, from Old Norse vǫttr, from Proto-Germanic *wantuz, from Proto-Indo-European *wondʰnú- (“glove”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to wind, wrap”).
See also Dutch want (mitten)
- common-gendera mitten (tumvante)
- common-gendera glove (fingervante)
- common-genderan oven mitt, an oven glove (grillvante (for grilling) or grytvante (generally))
Formervante(indefinite, nominative, singular) · vantes(genitive, indefinite, singular) · vanten(definite, nominative, singular) · vantens(definite, genitive, singular) · vantar(indefinite, nominative, plural) · vantars(genitive, indefinite, plural) · vantarna(definite, nominative, plural) · vantarnas(definite, genitive, plural)