glädja
Swedish
verb-irr
Definitions
- make someone or something feel happy; gladden, cheer
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish glæþia inherited from Old Norse gleðja inherited from Proto-Germanic *gladjaną, *gladaz (smooth, flat, glossy, shiny, radiant, gleaming, happy).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*gladaz
Gloss
smooth, flat, glossy, shiny, radiant, gleaming, happy
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
艶
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *gʰladh- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰladʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *gladaz Proto-Germanic
- *gladjaną Proto-Germanic
- glæd Old English
- glaðr Old Norse
- gleði Old Norse
- gleðja Old Norse
- glæde Danish
- glædelig Danish
- glædespige Danish
- læseglæde Danish
- glat Old High German
- gleða Faroese
- *glad Old Dutch
- glad Old Saxon
- glæþia Old Swedish