vila
Swedish
noun
Definitions
- a rest; relief from work, activity or exertion
- a rest; the repose afforded by death
- (physics) a rest; absence of motion
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse hvíld (rest, pause).
Origin
Old Norse
hvíld
Gloss
rest, pause
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- afterwhile English
- erewhile English
- erstwhile English
- handwhile English
- meanwhile English
- nowhile English
- otherwhile English
- somewhile English
- therewhile English
- umwhile English
- while English
- whilemeal English
- whilend English
- whilere English
- whiles English
- whilst English
- worthwhile English
- huilaaminen Finnish
- huilata Finnish
- huilia Finnish
- Langeweile German
- Weilchen German
- Weile German
- langweilig German
- *hwīlō Proto-Germanic
- vapen Swedish
- vapenvila Swedish
- hwīl Old English
- hvíld Old Norse
- hvíldardagr Old Norse
- hvíldarhestr Old Norse
- hvíldarlauss Old Norse
- hvile Danish
- våbenhvile Danish
- while-løkke Danish
- wīla Old High German
- wīle Middle High German
- 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐌰 Gothic
- 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐍉𐌷𐌿𐌽 Gothic
- *hwīlu gmw-pro
- chvíľa Slovak
- hvila Old Swedish
- hwilæ Old Danish