leta

Swedish

verb-reg

Definitions

(with m) search; look throughout (a place) for something

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish lēta, leta inherited from Old Norse leita (seek, search, inquire, look for) inherited from Proto-Germanic *wlaitōną (see, look out, look).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*wlaitōną

Gloss

see, look out, look

Concept

Semantic Field

Sense perception

Ontological Category

Action/Process

`Kanji`

見

Emoji

🙈 🪚

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*wel- Proto-Indo-European
leite Norwegian Bokmål
lete Norwegian Bokmål
*wlaitōną Proto-Germanic
leita Norwegian Nynorsk
wlatian Old English
leita Old Norse
leita Icelandic
leita Faroese
𐍅𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌽 Gothic
leta Old Swedish
lēta, leta Old Swedish