vige
Danish
/viːə/
verb
Definitions
- to fall back, retreat
- to give way, yield
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse víkja inherited from Proto-Germanic *wīkwaną (yield, retreat, fold).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wīkwaną
Gloss
yield, retreat, fold
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- viikata Finnish
- Abweichung German
- abweichen German
- aufweichen German
- einweichen German
- entweichen German
- weichen German
- *wīkwaną Proto-Germanic
- undvika Swedish
- vika Swedish
- víkja Old Norse
- víkva Old Norse
- víkva, víkja Old Norse
- pligt Danish
- undvige Danish
- vigepligt Danish
- wīchan Old High German
- wīhhan Old High German
- *wīkwan gmw-pro
- *wīcan Old Dutch
- wikan Old Saxon
- vīka, vika Old Swedish