þiggja
Old Norse
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to receive, accept of
- to accept
- (absol) to take lodging, receive hospitality for a night
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *þigjaną (receive, accept, beg) derived from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (receive, gain control over, gain power over, obtain, weave, attain, take by the hand, make, reach out the hand, build), *tek- (receive, gain control over, gain power over, obtain, weave, attain, take by the hand, make, reach out the hand, build).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*tek-
Gloss
receive, gain control over, gain power over, obtain, weave, attain, take by the hand, make, reach out the hand, build
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- shahdom English
- Κτήσιππος Ancient Greek
- Φιλοκτήτης Ancient Greek
- κτάομαι Ancient Greek
- κτέανον Ancient Greek
- κτέαρ Ancient Greek
- κτητικός Ancient Greek
- κτῆμα Ancient Greek
- κτῆνος Ancient Greek
- κτῆσις Ancient Greek
- σατράπης Ancient Greek
- τέκτων Ancient Greek
- Ἐπίκτητος Ancient Greek
- *tegʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *tek- Proto-Indo-European
- *tk-éh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- tigge Norwegian Bokmål
- tigger Norwegian Bokmål
- *þigjaną Proto-Germanic
- tigga Swedish
- tigga Norwegian Nynorsk
- tiggar Norwegian Nynorsk
- tigge Norwegian Nynorsk
- tigging Norwegian Nynorsk
- þicgan Old English
- þiċġan Old English
- क्षत्रिय Sanskrit
- tigge Danish
- tigger Danish
- þiggja Icelandic
- թեզան Old Armenian
- թեքեմ Old Armenian
- *kšatrám Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *kšatríyas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *kšáyati Proto-Indo-Iranian
- thiggian Old Saxon
- þiggia Old Swedish
- 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠𐭭 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 Middle Persian
- 𐏋 Old Persian
- *satellus Old Latin
- *xšaθrapāwan- xme-old