ver-

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (morpheme) to do or to become what the stem (following this prefix) refers to
2. (morpheme) used to indicate that the action (referred to by the stem) has a negative connotation (for the direct object of the stem)
3. (morpheme) to move or change in the manner specified by the stem

Synoniemen

ont-

de-

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/vər/

Etymologie (Engels)

The result of a merger of two Middle Dutch prefixes:
* Middle Dutch er-, an unstressed variant of ur-, or- (modern oor-), from Old Dutch ur-, ir-, from Proto-West Germanic *uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic *uz-.
* Middle Dutch ver-, from Old Dutch fir-, far-, itself from a mixture of Proto-Germanic *firi-, *furi-, *fra- and other similar particles.
The first origin is cognate with Old High German ur-, ir- (German ur-, er-), Old English ā-, Gothic 𐌿𐌶- (uz-).
The second origin is cognate with Old English for- (English for-), Old High German fir-, far- (German ver-), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂- (fair-), 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂- (faur-), 𐍆𐍂𐌰- (fra-).