køre
Danish
/køːrə/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to drive to be the driver of a vehicle or to convey somebody in a vehicle
- (intransitive) to drive to go somewhere in a vehicle
- (intransitive) to run of a machine
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse keyra (drive, fling, toss, prick on, whip, lash, set in motion) derived from Proto-Germanic *kaurijaną (sweep, tu turn).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*kaurijaną
Gloss
sweep, tu turn
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cair English
- köraa Finnish
- kjøre Norwegian Bokmål
- *kaurijaną Proto-Germanic
- fyllekörning Swedish
- köra Swedish
- körbana Swedish
- samköra Swedish
- övningsköra Swedish
- køyra Norwegian Nynorsk
- cairen Middle English
- keyra Old Norse
- forkørselsret Danish
- frakørsel Danish
- indkørsel Danish
- kort Danish
- kørekort Danish
- kører Danish
- køresyg Danish
- køretøj Danish
- kørsel Danish
- rundkørsel Danish
- spirituskørsel Danish
- syg Danish
- tilkørsel Danish
- tøj Danish
- keyra Icelandic
- kēran Old High German
- køra Old Swedish
- kø̄ra, køra Old Swedish