efni
Old Norse
noun
Definitions
- stuff, material
- matter of discourse
- matter, affair
- cause, reason
- state, condition, affair
- (plurale tantum) means
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *abniją (material) root from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- (work, effect, product, toil, ability, force, result of work).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₃ep-
Gloss
work, effect, product, toil, ability, force, result of work
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
働
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- officious English
- omnivore English
- cōpia Latin
- officium Latin
- omnivorus Latin
- opera Latin
- optimus Latin
- opus Latin
- ogni Italian
- ὄμπνη Ancient Greek
- *h₁epi Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁op- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃ep- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃ep-(i)- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃épos, *h₃ép-os Proto-Indo-European
- *op- Proto-Indo-European
- bæreevne Norwegian Bokmål
- emne Norwegian Bokmål
- evne Norwegian Bokmål
- evnelaus Norwegian Bokmål
- evneløs Norwegian Bokmål
- lasteevne Norwegian Bokmål
- ledningsevne Norwegian Bokmål
- manøvreringsevne Norwegian Bokmål
- tilpasningsevne Norwegian Bokmål
- tilpassingsevne Norwegian Bokmål
- *abnijaną Proto-Germanic
- *abniją Proto-Germanic
- delämne Swedish
- fruktämne Swedish
- grundämne Swedish
- samtalsämne Swedish
- störämne Swedish
- ämne Swedish
- ämnesråd Swedish
- ämnessakkunnig Swedish
- emne Norwegian Nynorsk
- evne Norwegian Nynorsk
- evnelaus Norwegian Nynorsk
- lasteevne Norwegian Nynorsk
- manøvreringsevne Norwegian Nynorsk
- tilpassingsevne Norwegian Nynorsk
- andefn Old English
- efnan Old English
- efne Old English
- evene Middle English
- evne Danish
- læseevne Danish
- varmeledningsevne Danish
- andefni Icelandic
- bragðefni Icelandic
- efnafræði Icelandic
- efnahagur Icelandic
- efnahvarf Icelandic
- efnajafna Icelandic
- efnasamband Icelandic
- efnaskipti Icelandic
- efni Icelandic
- efnilegur Icelandic
- efnislegur Icelandic
- efnisskrá Icelandic
- efnisyfirlit Icelandic
- frumefni Icelandic
- gerviefni Icelandic
- hulduefni Icelandic
- kolefni Icelandic
- köfnunarefni Icelandic
- litarefni Icelandic
- málefni Icelandic
- mótefni Icelandic
- ostefni Icelandic
- steinefni Icelandic
- æfni Old Swedish
- ämn Westrobothnian
- *opis Proto-Italic
- evin Scots
- emne Norwegian