make

Swedish

/ˈmɑːˌkɛ/

noun

Definitions

(slightly archaistic or formal) a spouse, a husband, a married man (mostly referring to a specific relation)
something alike (in quality)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish maki 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

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