räv
Swedish
/rɛːv/
noun
Definitions
- a fox (a mammal)
- (dialectial) an old and experienced person
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse refr derived from Proto-Norse ᚱᛖᚹᚨᛉ (brown).
Origin
Proto-Norse
ᚱᛖᚹᚨᛉ
Gloss
brown
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
褐
Emoji
🐻 🤎
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- repo Finnish
- repolainen Finnish
- revonrousku Finnish
- revonsara Finnish
- revontulet Finnish
- tulirepo Finnish
- rev Norwegian Bokmål
- *rebaz Proto-Germanic
- fjäll Swedish
- fjällräv Swedish
- rävsax Swedish
- rävunge Swedish
- röd Swedish
- rödräv Swedish
- sax Swedish
- unge Swedish
- rev Norwegian Nynorsk
- refr Old Norse
- ræv Danish
- rævegrav Danish
- ræveklo Danish
- ræverød Danish
- refur Icelandic
- روباه Persian
- revur Faroese
- rubah Malay
- *repoi Proto-Finnic
- *laupāća Proto-Indo-Iranian
- lwpʾh Middle Persian
- ræf Old Danish
- röv Elfdalian
- ᚱᛖᚹᚨᛉ Proto-Norse