beygja
Icelandic
/ˈpeiːja/
verb-weak
Definitions
- (transitive) to bend
- (intransitive) to turn
- (grammar) to inflect
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse beygja (bend) inherited from Proto-Germanic *baugijaną root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewgʰ- (bend).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰewgʰ-
Gloss
bend
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- badge English
- бугор Russian
- *bʰewgʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰūgʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *baug- Proto-Germanic
- *baugaz Proto-Germanic
- *baugijaną Proto-Germanic
- *beuganą Proto-Germanic
- *bugô Proto-Germanic
- *buhtiz Proto-Germanic
- *būganą Proto-Germanic
- *regnabugô Proto-Germanic
- bøya Norwegian Nynorsk
- beah Old English
- byht Old English
- beygja Old Norse
- bjúgleikr Old Norse
- bogi Old Norse
- keng Old Norse
- beyging Icelandic
- beygingardæmi Icelandic
- beygjanlegur Icelandic
- fallbeyging Icelandic
- sagnbeyging Icelandic
- óbeygjanlegur Icelandic
- biogan Old High German
- bouc Old High German
- bougen Old High German
- conboing Old Irish
- boyggja Faroese
- בייגל Yiddish
- bogen Old Dutch
- *bungeti Proto-Celtic
- bocht Middle Low German
- *bʰúǰas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- bøghia Old Swedish
- bøghia, bø̄ghia Old Swedish
- bögen Low German