fäkta
Swedish
verb-reg
Definitions
- (dated) to fight
- to fence; to partake in fencing
- to wave vigorously (and carelessly) with one's arms
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish fækta borrowed from Middle Low German vechten derived from Old Saxon fehtan (fight) derived from *fehtan derived from Proto-Germanic *fehtaną (comb, tease, shear, struggle with, struggle, contend with).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*fehtaną
Gloss
comb, tease, shear, struggle with, struggle, contend with
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- armored combat fight English
- armoured combat fight English
- barfight English
- befight English
- bitch fight English
- bitchfight English
- bullfight English
- bun fight English
- bunfight English
- catfight English
- cockfight English
- dogfight English
- fight English
- fightability English
- fightable English
- fightback English
- fighter English
- fightest English
- fighteth English
- fighting English
- fightwite English
- fightworthy English
- fighty English
- firefight English
- fistfight English
- forfight English
- gunfight English
- infight English
- megafight English
- outfight English
- piefight English
- postfight English
- prefight English
- prizefight English
- refight English
- sexfight English
- snowfight English
- streetfight English
- superfight English
- swordfight English
- aanvechten Dutch, Flemish
- bekvechten Dutch, Flemish
- bevechten Dutch, Flemish
- gevecht Dutch, Flemish
- ontvechten Dutch, Flemish
- stierenvechten Dutch, Flemish
- uitvechten Dutch, Flemish
- vechten Dutch, Flemish
- vechtenstijd Dutch, Flemish
- vechthond Dutch, Flemish
- vechtkwartel Dutch, Flemish
- vechtlust Dutch, Flemish
- vechtmissie Dutch, Flemish
- vechtpartij Dutch, Flemish
- vechtsport Dutch, Flemish
- vechtsporter Dutch, Flemish
- vechtwagen Dutch, Flemish
- voorvechtster Dutch, Flemish
- *peḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- fekte Norwegian Bokmål
- *fehtandz Proto-Germanic
- *fehtaną Proto-Germanic
- fäktning Swedish
- förfäkta Swedish
- tjurfäktning Swedish
- fekte Norwegian Nynorsk
- feohtan Old English
- fighten Middle English
- fajt Serbo-Croatian
- payts Cebuano
- vechten Middle Dutch
- fehtan Old High German
- veg Afrikaans
- *fehtan gmw-pro
- fehtan Old Dutch
- anvechten Middle Low German
- vechten Middle Low German
- fehtan Old Saxon
- fækta Old Swedish
- ファイト Korean
- fiuchta Old Frisian
- paitim Tok Pisin
- fächtje Saterland Frisian
- fechten Low German
- feti Sranan Tongo
- faet Pijin