vera
Icelandic
/ˈvɛːra/
verb-strong
Definitions
- (ambitransitive) to be
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse vera (be) derived from Proto-Germanic *wesaną (be, remain, graze, consume, feast).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wesaną
Gloss
be, remain, graze, consume, feast
Concept
Semantic Field
Miscellaneous function words
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Wesen German
- wezen Dutch, Flemish
- *bʰew- Proto-Indo-European
- *es- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁ésti Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂wes- Proto-Indo-European
- fravær Norwegian Bokmål
- fraværende Norwegian Bokmål
- nærvær Norwegian Bokmål
- overvære Norwegian Bokmål
- samvær Norwegian Bokmål
- tilstedeværelse Norwegian Bokmål
- velvære Norwegian Bokmål
- vær så god Norwegian Bokmål
- være Norwegian Bokmål
- værelse Norwegian Bokmål
- *beuną Proto-Germanic
- *esi/*izi Proto-Germanic
- *isti Proto-Germanic
- *wesaną Proto-Germanic
- bevara Swedish
- exportvara Swedish
- frånvara Swedish
- förvara Swedish
- handelsvara Swedish
- hårdvara Swedish
- långvarig Swedish
- maskinvara Swedish
- matvara Swedish
- närvara Swedish
- närvaro Swedish
- programvara Swedish
- råvara Swedish
- tillvaro Swedish
- trävara Swedish
- vara Swedish
- varaktig Swedish
- varelse Swedish
- varsågod Swedish
- varumärke Swedish
- övervara Swedish
- unnvera Norwegian Nynorsk
- vera Norwegian Nynorsk
- bēon Old English
- wesan Old English
- ætwesan Old English
- vera Old Norse
- vesa Old Norse
- vesa, vera Old Norse
- vist Old Norse
- nuværende Danish
- samvær Danish
- undvære Danish
- være Danish
- værelse Danish
- væremåde Danish
- raunverulegur Icelandic
- samvera Icelandic
- verufræði Icelandic
- verulegur Icelandic
- veruleiki Icelandic
- sīn Old High German
- wesan Old High German
- vera Faroese
- 𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *wesan gmw-pro
- wesan Old Dutch
- wesan Old Saxon
- vara Old Swedish
- vera Westrobothnian
- wesa Old Frisian
- waræ, wæræ Old Danish
- wårå Elfdalian