ske
Danish
[sɡ̊eˀ]
verb
Definitions
- be
- happen, occur
- take place
- come about
- be done, be made
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German schēn derived from Proto-Germanic *skehaną (move quickly, emerge, run, spring up, happen, come up, jump, spring).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*skehaną
Gloss
move quickly, emerge, run, spring up, happen, come up, jump, spring
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
走
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- geschehen German
- ungeschehen German
- geschiedboek Dutch, Flemish
- geschieden Dutch, Flemish
- geschiedenis Dutch, Flemish
- geschiedkunde Dutch, Flemish
- geschiedvervalsing Dutch, Flemish
- misschien Dutch, Flemish
- schielijk Dutch, Flemish
- *skek- Proto-Indo-European
- kanskje Norwegian Bokmål
- skje Norwegian Bokmål
- spiseskje Norwegian Bokmål
- *gaskehaną Proto-Germanic
- *skehaną Proto-Germanic
- avsked Swedish
- kanske Swedish
- ske Swedish
- sked Swedish
- skedand Swedish
- skedstork Swedish
- tesked Swedish
- gudskjelov Norwegian Nynorsk
- kanskje Norwegian Nynorsk
- skje Norwegian Nynorsk
- sceon Old English
- skeið Old Norse
- fuld Danish
- må Danish
- måske Danish
- skefuld Danish
- spise Danish
- spiseske Danish
- spiseskefuld Danish
- te Danish
- teske Danish
- teskefuld Danish
- ske Icelandic
- geschien Middle Dutch
- gisciht Old High German
- giskehan Old High German
- kanska Faroese
- ske Faroese
- geschehen Middle High German
- *skian Old Dutch
- machschēn Middle Low German
- schen Middle Low German
- schên Middle Low German
- schēn Middle Low German
- ske Old Swedish
- skedh Old Swedish
- jenön Volapük
- sji-jje Limburgan, Limburger, Limburgish