vek
Swedish
/ˈveːk/
adjective
Definitions
- weak
Etymology
Derived from Old Swedish veker, vēker derived from Old Norse veikr (weak, soft, tender) derived from Proto-Germanic *waikwaz (yielded, pliant, weak, bendsome).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*waikwaz
Gloss
yielded, pliant, weak, bendsome
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
弱
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- electroweak English
- gravitoweak English
- nonweak English
- overweak English
- semiweak English
- superweak English
- ultraweak English
- weak English
- weak verb English
- weak-handed English
- weak-hearted English
- weak-minded English
- weaken English
- weakfish English
- weakhearted English
- weakish English
- weakling English
- weaklink English
- weakly English
- weakminded English
- weakness English
- weakon English
- weaksauce English
- weakside English
- weaksome English
- *weyk- Proto-Indo-European
- veik Norwegian Bokmål
- vek Norwegian Bokmål
- *waikwaz Proto-Germanic
- veik Norwegian Nynorsk
- weike Middle English
- weyk Middle English
- veikleikr Old Norse
- veikr Old Norse
- veg Danish
- veikur Icelandic
- weih Old High German
- veikur Faroese
- *waikw gmw-pro
- *wēk Old Dutch
- wek Old Saxon
- veker, vēker Old Swedish
- vaik Westrobothnian
- wāk Old Frisian