geta
Icelandic
/ˈcɛːta/
verb-strong
Definitions
- (auxiliary verb) to be able
- (only in elevated speech) to father, to beget
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse geta (get, guess) inherited from Proto-Germanic *getaną (get, acquire) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (seize, take, grasp, hold), *gʰed- (seize, take, grasp, hold).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʰed-
Gloss
seize, take, grasp, hold
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beget English
- emprise English
- forget English
- get English
- get-go English
- get-nothing English
- getcha English
- gettable English
- getter English
- gettest English
- getteth English
- getup English
- misapprehend English
- misapprehension English
- misget English
- overget English
- reget English
- reprehend English
- underget English
- unget English
- -ilis Latin
- apprehendere Latin
- apprehendo Latin
- apprehensionis, apprehensio Latin
- comprehendere Latin
- comprehendo Latin
- comprehensiō Latin
- hedera Latin
- praeda Latin
- praeda, praedam Latin
- prehendo Latin
- prehensio Latin
- prehensionis, prehensio Latin
- prehensiōnem Latin
- prendere Latin
- reprehensionis, reprehensio Latin
- жуть Russian
- χανδάνω Ancient Greek
- *gʰed- Proto-Indo-European
- gidde Norwegian Bokmål
- *bigetaną Proto-Germanic
- *getaną Proto-Germanic
- *gitisōną Proto-Germanic
- gitta Swedish
- ゲット Japanese
- gidde Norwegian Nynorsk
- gietan Old English
- geten Middle English
- geta Old Norse
- gide Danish
- reprise Old French
- เก็ต Thai
- gita Faroese
- entreprise Middle French
- repris Middle French
- *fragetan gmw-pro
- *gendis Proto-Celtic
- gæta Old Swedish
- gjäta Westrobothnian
- getæ Old Danish
- gida Scanian
- gæda Scanian