och
Swedish
/ɔ/
conjunction
Definitions
- and; used to connect two homogeneous (similar) words or phrases
- and; used to denote the last item of a list
- (mathematics) and, plus
- used to connect two finite verbs to denote that the two actions are performed at the same time
- used to connect two finite verbs to denote that the first is done in order to be able to do the second
- (poetic) Introduces a main clause which somehow is bound to a previous clause
Etymology
Derived from Old Swedish ock derived from Old Norse ok (and, also) derived from Proto-Germanic *auk (also, in addition, furthermore, too).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*auk
Gloss
also, in addition, furthermore, too
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- auch German
- *h₂ewg- Proto-Indo-European
- og Norwegian Bokmål
- også Norwegian Bokmål
- åk Norwegian Bokmål
- *auk Proto-Germanic
- *juką Proto-Germanic
- då Swedish
- då och då Swedish
- också Swedish
- ok Swedish
- og Norwegian Nynorsk
- ogso Norwegian Nynorsk
- åk Norwegian Nynorsk
- òg Norwegian Nynorsk
- eac Old English
- ēac Old English
- auk Old Norse
- ok Old Norse
- ᛅᚢᚴ Old Norse
- og Danish
- åg Danish
- og Icelandic
- ok Icelandic
- ouh Old High German
- og Faroese
- ok Faroese
- 𐌰𐌿𐌺 Gothic
- *auk gmw-pro
- ōk Old Dutch
- ok Old Saxon
- au Alemannic German
- ock Old Swedish
- āk Old Frisian
- ok German Low German
- og Elfdalian