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Swedish
noun
Definitions
- a desert, a wasteland
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish øþkn derived from Old Norse auðr (desolate, empty, fate, fortune, deserted, wealth) derived from Proto-Germanic *auþijaz (void, empty, barren, waste).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*auþijaz
Gloss
void, empty, barren, waste
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
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Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- autio Finnish
- öde German
- *h₂ewt(i)o- Proto-Indo-European
- øde Norwegian Bokmål
- *audaz Proto-Germanic
- *auþijaz Proto-Germanic
- *auþisōną Proto-Germanic
- löpare Swedish
- pipare Swedish
- stenskvätta Swedish
- sångare Swedish
- trumpet Swedish
- Öda Swedish
- ökenlöpare Swedish
- ökenpipare Swedish
- ökenstenskvätta Swedish
- ökensångare Swedish
- ökentrumpetare Swedish
- aud Norwegian Nynorsk
- øyde Norwegian Nynorsk
- auðigr Old Norse
- auðr Old Norse
- eyði Old Norse
- øde Danish
- ørken Danish
- auður Icelandic
- eyður Faroese
- 𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍃 Gothic
- *vuovtē Proto-Samic
- øþe, ø̄þe Old Swedish
- øþkn Old Swedish
- ø̄þe Old Swedish
- øthkæn Old Danish