age
Danish
/aːɣə/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) to drive in a vehicle
- (transitive) to drive a vehicle, transport
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse aka (drive, move, navigate, sail) inherited from Proto-Germanic *akaną (ache, be bad, be evil) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti (be driving).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂éǵeti
Gloss
be driving
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aik English
- intransigent English
- *agīre Latin
- abigo Latin
- actito Latin
- adagium Latin
- adigo Latin
- agilis Latin
- agito Latin
- agmen Latin
- agīna Latin
- agō Latin
- ambages Latin
- ambigo Latin
- auriga Latin
- castigo Latin
- circumago Latin
- cogo Latin
- examen Latin
- exigo Latin
- indago Latin
- indiges Latin
- perago Latin
- prodigo Latin
- purgo Latin
- reago Latin
- redigo Latin
- subigo Latin
- transigo Latin
- ācta Latin
- agir Spanish, Castilian
- pródigo Spanish, Castilian
- εὐρυάγυια Ancient Greek
- λοχαγός Ancient Greek
- στρατηγός Ancient Greek
- συνάγω Ancient Greek
- ἀγήνωρ Ancient Greek
- ἀνάγω Ancient Greek
- ἄγω Ancient Greek
- ἄξιος Ancient Greek
- ἐπάγω Ancient Greek
- ὑπάγω Ancient Greek
- *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂éǵeti Proto-Indo-European
- agir Portuguese
- pródigo Portuguese
- *akaną Proto-Germanic
- *akiz Proto-Germanic
- agera Swedish
- skidåkare Swedish
- åka Swedish
- åkning Swedish
- aka Norwegian Nynorsk
- acan Old English
- aka Old Norse
- aka Icelandic
- άγω Greek (modern)
- ageren Middle Dutch
- aka Faroese
- trashëgoj Albanian
- agir Occitan
- aka Old Swedish
- aak Westrobothnian
- *agō Proto-Italic
- Âke Low German
- *ágō Proto-Hellenic
- ag·ir Franco-Provençal