læknir
Icelandic
/ˈlaihknɪr/
noun
Definitions
- medical practitioner, doctor, MD
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse læknir (healer) inherited from Proto-Germanic *lēkijaz (physician, doctor).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*lēkijaz
Gloss
physician, doctor
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
医
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *lēkijaz Proto-Germanic
- lækjar Norwegian Nynorsk
- *lækir Old Norse
- lækna Old Norse
- læknir Old Norse
- læknishǫnd Old Norse
- *lěkъ Proto-Slavic
- auga Icelandic
- augnlæknir Icelandic
- barn Icelandic
- barnalæknir Icelandic
- geð Icelandic
- geðlæknir Icelandic
- krabbamein Icelandic
- krabbameinslæknir Icelandic
- læknisfræði Icelandic
- læknisfræðilegur Icelandic
- læknisskoðun Icelandic
- skoðun Icelandic
- skurðlæknir Icelandic
- skurður Icelandic
- lækni Faroese
- 𐌻𐌴𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃 Gothic
- *lākī gmw-pro
- læke Old Danish