lek
Swedish
noun
Definitions
- child's play; typically denotes pleasurable and less rule-bound games and activities
- deck of cards
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse leikr (battle, play, lay, -ness).
Origin
Old Norse
leikr
Gloss
battle, play, lay, -ness
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
戦, 闘
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fartlek English
- lek English
- ajatusleikki Finnish
- arvausleikki Finnish
- esileikki Finnish
- hevosenleikki Finnish
- hiekkaleikki Finnish
- hippaleikki Finnish
- ilmaisuleikki Finnish
- intiaanileikki Finnish
- joululeikki Finnish
- juoksuleikki Finnish
- kansanleikki Finnish
- kurkistusleikki Finnish
- lastenleikki Finnish
- laululeikki Finnish
- leikillinen Finnish
- leikinlaskija Finnish
- leikinlasku Finnish
- leikinohjaaja Finnish
- leikinpäin Finnish
- leikinpäiten Finnish
- leikinteko Finnish
- leikisti Finnish
- leikki Finnish
- leikki-ikä Finnish
- leikkiastia Finnish
- leikkiauto Finnish
- leikkihuone Finnish
- leikkijuna Finnish
- leikkikalu Finnish
- leikkikaveri Finnish
- leikkikehä Finnish
- leikkikenttä Finnish
- leikkikoulu Finnish
- leikkilaiva Finnish
- leikkilaulu Finnish
- leikkimieli Finnish
- leikkimielinen Finnish
- leikkimökki Finnish
- leikkipaikka Finnish
- leikkipeli Finnish
- leikkiperinne Finnish
- leikkipuhe Finnish
- leikkipuisto Finnish
- leikkipyssy Finnish
- leikkiraha Finnish
- leikkisota Finnish
- leikkisä Finnish
- leikkiterapia Finnish
- leikkitoiminta Finnish
- leikkitoveri Finnish
- leikkiväline Finnish
- leikkiä Finnish
- lemmenleikki Finnish
- liikuntaleikki Finnish
- mielikuvitusleikki Finnish
- musiikkileikki Finnish
- musiikkileikkikoulu Finnish
- palloleikki Finnish
- pihaleikki Finnish
- piirileikki Finnish
- pissaleikki Finnish
- rantaleikki Finnish
- roolileikki Finnish
- ryhmäleikki Finnish
- sanaleikki Finnish
- seuraleikki Finnish
- sitomisleikit Finnish
- sotaleikki Finnish
- sukupuolileikki Finnish
- tuolileikki Finnish
- ulkoleikki Finnish
- Laich German
- Leich German
- λαϊκός Ancient Greek
- lek Norwegian Bokmål
- *laikaz Proto-Germanic
- fart Swedish
- fartlek Swedish
- halv Swedish
- halvlek Swedish
- kamrat Swedish
- kort Swedish
- kortlek Swedish
- lekkamrat Swedish
- lek Norwegian Nynorsk
- barnaleikr Old Norse
- barnleikr Old Norse
- dansleikr Old Norse
- hildileikr Old Norse
- hjǫrleikr Old Norse
- hǫrpuleikr Old Norse
- kappleikr Old Norse
- knattleikr Old Norse
- leikligr Old Norse
- leikr Old Norse
- áleikr Old Norse
- ísarnleikr Old Norse
- leg Danish
- leikur Icelandic
- leih Old High German
- -leiki Faroese
- leikur Faroese
- leich Middle High German
- leker Old Swedish
- Tallak Norwegian
- Tollak Norwegian
- Torlak Norwegian
- Torleik Norwegian