fjúka
Icelandic
/ˈfjuːka/
verb-strong
Definitions
- (intransitive) to be drifted by the wind; to be blow blown away
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse fjúka (vanquish, disappear, fade) inherited from Proto-Germanic *feukaną (whisk, blow).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*feukaną
Gloss
whisk, blow
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antifog English
- befog English
- chemofog English
- defog English
- fibrofog English
- fog English
- fog line English
- fogbank English
- fogbound English
- fogdom English
- fogey English
- fogfall English
- fogfruit English
- foggable English
- foggage English
- fogger English
- foggy English
- foghorn English
- foglamp English
- fogless English
- foglike English
- fogman English
- fogscape English
- prefog English
- unfog English
- *pug- Proto-Indo-European
- *feukaną Proto-Germanic
- fyka Norwegian Nynorsk
- fjúka Old Norse
- fog Danish
- fiuka Old Swedish
- fouke Jamtish