rannsaka
Old Norse
verb
Definitions
- to investigate
- to ransack
Etymology
Compound from Old Norse rann (house, place, home) + Old Norse saka (damage).
Origin
Old Norse
saka
Gloss
damage
Concept
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Distribution of cognates by language
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Cognates and derived terms
- ramshackle English
- ransack English
- ransake Norwegian Bokmål
- *razną Proto-Germanic
- *sakaną Proto-Germanic
- rannsaka Swedish
- ransaken Middle English
- rann Old Norse
- saka Old Norse
- sakaðr Old Norse
- ransage Danish
- rann Icelandic
- rannsaka Icelandic
- rannur Icelandic
- saka Icelandic
- rannsaich Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- rann Faroese
- ransaka Old Swedish
- ransla Norn