vräka
Swedish
verb-reg
Definitions
- to evict; to force a tenant to move
- to move (something) quickly, hastily, to heave, to throw
- (vräka i sig) to eat or drink with great apetite and speed
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish vræka inherited from Old Norse vreka inherited from Proto-Germanic *wrekaną (drive out, push, pursue).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wrekaną
Gloss
drive out, push, pursue
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- awreak English
- bewreak English
- bewreke English
- wreak English
- wreaker English
- wreakest English
- wreaketh English
- wreakful English
- wreakless English
- *wreg- Proto-Indo-European
- *wrekaną Proto-Germanic
- wrecan Old English
- wreken Middle English
- *wrek Old Norse
- vreka Old Norse
- reka Icelandic
- wrac Middle Dutch
- reka Faroese
- 𐍅𐍂𐌰𐌺𐌾𐌰 Gothic
- 𐍅𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *wrekan gmw-pro
- *wrekan Old Dutch
- wrekan Old Saxon
- vræka Old Swedish
- bräka Westrobothnian
- räka Westrobothnian