käydä

Finnish

pronunciation
Definitions
  • (intransitive) to walk
  • (intransitive) to go by
  • (intransitive) to visit, go to (and return), attend (a place)
  • (intransitive) to go do (gathering, collecting, harvesting)
  • (intransitive) to go do
  • (intransitive) to go to school form chosen depends on the completeness of the action
  • (intransitive) to step, tread, pace, stride
  • (intransitive) to happen, go often in English with subject it
  • (genitive + 3rd-pers. sg. + an adverb) to happen (to somebody)
  • (+ partitive for agent) to happen (to something)
  • (intransitive) to please, suit, make content, be okay (with)
  • (intransitive) to suit, fit
  • (intransitive) to pass (for)
  • (intransitive) to run, operate, work
  • (intransitive) to go
  • (intransitive) to get, grow, become
  • (intransitive) to ferment, become fermented, yeast
  • (transitive) used in many collocations with nouns and with more or less idiomatic value, translated often into "engage in", "have", "do", "transact", "pursue", "keep up", "maintain" etc.

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *käüdäk derived from Proto-Germanic *skēwijaną.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*skēwijaną

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