gráta
Faroese
verb
Definitions
- to weep, to cry
- to drizzle
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse gráta (weep, groan, cry) inherited from Proto-Germanic *grētaną (weep, moan, cry, lament).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*grētaną
Gloss
weep, moan, cry, lament
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
😢 😭 😿
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *ǵʰreh₁d- Proto-Indo-European
- gråte Norwegian Bokmål
- *grētaną Proto-Germanic
- *grētaz Proto-Germanic
- gråta Norwegian Nynorsk
- gráta Old Norse
- grátinn Old Norse
- græde Danish
- gráta Icelandic
- 𐌲𐍂𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *grātan gmw-pro
- gratan Old Saxon
- grata Old Swedish
- grāta, grata Old Swedish
- *greotan Frankish
- *greutan Frankish
- *grātan Frankish