maka

Swedish

/ˈmɑːˌka/

noun

Definitions

spouse; wife; married woman

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish maka inherited from Old Norse maki (an equal) inherited from Proto-Germanic *makô.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*makô

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

make Norwegian Bokmål
*makô Proto-Germanic
make Norwegian Nynorsk
maki Old Norse
mage Danish
maki Icelandic
maka Old Swedish
maki Old Swedish
maka Westrobothnian