hygge
Danish
/hykə/
noun
Definitions
- cosiness
Etymology
Inherited from Old Danish hyggæ (think) inherited from Old Norse hyggja (thought, think, mind) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hugjaną (think, consider, reconsider).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hugjaną
Gloss
think, consider, reconsider
Concept
Semantic Field
Cognition
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
思, 考
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hygge English
- *hugjaną Proto-Germanic
- hyċġan Old English
- athyggja Old Norse
- hyggja Old Norse
- homofobi Danish
- hyggehomofobi Danish
- hyggelig Danish
- hyggeracisme Danish
- racisme Danish
- huggulegur Icelandic
- hyggja Icelandic
- 𐌷𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *huggjan gmw-pro
- *huggen Old Dutch
- huggian Old Saxon
- hygge Norwegian
- hyggæ Old Danish