veikja
Icelandic
/ˈveiːca/
verb-weak
Definitions
- to debilitate, to make feeble; to weaken
- to impair, to undermine
- to dilute
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse veikja (bow, make feeble, weaken) derived from Proto-Germanic *waikwijaną (soften, avoid, make pliable, weaken, make weak).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*waikwijaną
Gloss
soften, avoid, make pliable, weaken, make weak
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *weyg- Proto-Indo-European
- *weyk- Proto-Indo-European
- *waikwijaną Proto-Germanic
- veika Norwegian Nynorsk
- veikja Norwegian Nynorsk
- veikje Norwegian Nynorsk
- veikja Old Norse
- weihhen Old High German
- weichen Middle High German
- weechen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *wēken Old Dutch
- vekia Old Swedish
- *waikijan Frankish
- *waikjan, to soften Frankish