taka
Icelandic
/ˈtʰaːka/
verb-strong
Definitions
- (transitive) to take (an object)
- (transitive) to seize, to capture
- (transitive) to take (time, measure)
- (transitive) to get, to obtain
- (transitive) to take undergo, e.g. an exam
- (transitive) to accept, to take
- (transitive) to hold, to contain, to take
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse taka (take, touch, grasp, receiving, taking) derived from Proto-Germanic *tēkaną (touch, grasp, take) derived from Proto-Indo-European *deh₁g- (touch).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*deh₁g-
Gloss
touch
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *deh₁g- Proto-Indo-European
- ta Norwegian Bokmål
- *tēkanaz Proto-Germanic
- *tēkaną Proto-Germanic
- ta Norwegian Nynorsk
- tacan Old English
- arftaka Old Norse
- arftakari Old Norse
- arftaki Old Norse
- aurataka Old Norse
- handtaka Old Norse
- taka Old Norse
- tekt Old Norse
- yfirtaka Old Norse
- aftaka Icelandic
- endurtaka Icelandic
- gagn Icelandic
- gagntaka Icelandic
- handtaka Icelandic
- með Icelandic
- meðtaka Icelandic
- orð Icelandic
- tvítaka Icelandic
- tökuorð Icelandic
- tökuþýðing Icelandic
- undan Icelandic
- undantaka Icelandic
- yfir Icelandic
- yfirtaka Icelandic
- þýðing Icelandic
- taca Old Irish
- taka Faroese
- 𐍄𐌴𐌺𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- taka Old Swedish
- taga Westrobothnian
- taghæ, takæ Old Danish
- undtagæ Old Danish