sökkva
Icelandic
/ˈsœhkva/
verb-strong
Definitions
- (intransitive) to sink
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse søkkva derived from Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną (sink) derived from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷ- (sink, fall, drop).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*sengʷ-
Gloss
sink, fall, drop
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- sink English
- sinken German
- *sengʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- senke Norwegian Bokmål
- synke Norwegian Bokmål
- *sankwijaną Proto-Germanic
- *sinkwaną Proto-Germanic
- søkka Norwegian Nynorsk
- besincan Old English
- gesincan Old English
- sincan Old English
- synken Middle English
- *sinkwa q, søkkva Old Norse
- sænkva Old Norse
- søkkva Old Norse
- sinkan Old High German
- søkka Faroese
- søkkja Faroese
- 𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *sincan Old Dutch
- sinkan Old Saxon
- siunka Old Swedish
- sinka Old Frisian
- sikka Elfdalian