leka
Old Swedish
verb
Definitions
- to move quickly
- to flutter, swirl
- to dance
- to play
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse leika (play) inherited from Proto-Germanic *laikaną (move about, jump, play).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*laikaną
Gloss
move about, jump, play
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
踊
Emoji
🐸 🦘
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- lakin English
- skylark English
- *leyg- Proto-Indo-European
- leike Norwegian Bokmål
- leke Norwegian Bokmål
- *laikaną Proto-Germanic
- *laiko- Proto-Germanic
- leike Norwegian Nynorsk
- lacan Old English
- leika Old Norse
- leikari Old Norse
- leikmaðr Old Norse
- lege Danish
- leika Icelandic
- leika Faroese
- 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *lī(h)strō gmw-pro
- leka, lēka Old Swedish