føþa
Old Swedish
verb
Definitions
- to feed, nourish
- to give birth
- to produce, generate
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse fœða (food, feed, give birth) inherited from Proto-Germanic *fōdijaną (feed, give birth).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*fōdijaną
Gloss
feed, give birth
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
産
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *peh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- fø Norwegian Bokmål
- føde Norwegian Bokmål
- *fōdijaną Proto-Germanic
- *fōdijǭ Proto-Germanic
- *fōdô Proto-Germanic
- föda Swedish
- fø Norwegian Nynorsk
- føde Norwegian Nynorsk
- fedan Old English
- fēdan Old English
- fœða Old Norse
- fæða Icelandic
- føða Faroese
- føði Faroese
- 𐍆𐍉𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *fuoden Old Dutch
- fodian Old Saxon
- fōdian Old Saxon
- fēda Old Frisian
- føthæ Old Danish