sækja
Icelandic
/ˈsaiːca/
verb-weak
Definitions
- to fetch
- to pick up
- to attend (studies, classes)
- to advance (in battle)
- to prosecute
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse sœkja derived from Proto-Germanic *sōkijaną (seek, look for) derived from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (seek out, seek, track, track down, investigate, trace).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*seh₂g-
Gloss
seek out, seek, track, track down, investigate, trace
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Cognates and derived terms
- beseek English
- foreseek English
- forseek English
- misseek English
- outseek English
- reseek English
- seek English
- seekable English
- seeker English
- seekest English
- seeketh English
- seeking English
- seeksorrow English
- underseek English
- upseek English
- ἡγέομαι Ancient Greek
- *h₁epi Proto-Indo-European
- *seh₂g- Proto-Indo-European
- *séh₂gyeti Proto-Indo-European
- søke Norwegian Bokmål
- *sahtiz Proto-Germanic
- *sakaną Proto-Germanic
- *sakō Proto-Germanic
- *sakōną Proto-Germanic
- *sōkijaną Proto-Germanic
- *sōkniz Proto-Germanic
- søkja Norwegian Nynorsk
- secan Old English
- sēċan Old English
- seken Middle English
- sakar Old Norse
- sakareyrir Old Norse
- sakeyrir Old Norse
- sakir Old Norse
- sakna Old Norse
- saknaðr Old Norse
- sekr Old Norse
- sœkja Old Norse
- sœkja/sǿkja, sœkja Old Norse
- sǫknuðr Old Norse
- søge Danish
- -ha Welsh
- jagōn Old High German
- suohhen Old High German
- condieig Old Irish
- con·dïeig Old Irish
- saichdetu Old Irish
- sichen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ënnersichen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐍃𐍉𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *sōkijan gmw-pro
- *suoken Old Dutch
- *-sagyetor Proto-Celtic
- *kom- Proto-Celtic
- *sagyeti Proto-Celtic
- *texto- Proto-Celtic
- *uɸosaɡetis Proto-Celtic
- sokian Old Saxon
- søkia Old Swedish
- sø̄kia, søkia Old Swedish
- sēka Old Frisian
- *śāgn- Proto-Albanian
- søkia Old Danish