økja
Faroese
/ˈøːʰtʃa/
verb
Definitions
- to increase, to enlarge, to magnify
Etymology
Derived from Danish øge (increase, enhance) derived from Old Norse auka (increase, surpass, exceed, augment, add) derived from Proto-Germanic *aukaną (increase, add, grow).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*aukaną
Gloss
increase, add, grow
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
殖
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- eke English
- ekeing English
- eking English
- adaugeo Latin
- auctio Latin
- aucto Latin
- auctor Latin
- augesco Latin
- augeō Latin
- augifico Latin
- augmentum Latin
- exaugeo Latin
- *h₂ewg- Proto-Indo-European
- auke Norwegian Bokmål
- øke Norwegian Bokmål
- *aukanaz Proto-Germanic
- *aukaną Proto-Germanic
- föröka Swedish
- utöka Swedish
- öka Swedish
- ökning Swedish
- auka Norwegian Nynorsk
- auke Norwegian Nynorsk
- eacan Old English
- ēcan Old English
- eke Middle English
- auka Old Norse
- øge Danish
- øgenavn Danish
- auka Icelandic
- eyka Faroese
- 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌽𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌱𐌹𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌲𐌰𐌰𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *ōkan Old Dutch
- okan Old Saxon
- øka Old Swedish
- ø̄ka, øka Old Swedish
- auk Westrobothnian