reka
Icelandic
/ˈrɛːka/
verb-strong
Definitions
- to drive (forward or away)
- to run (a farm, business, etc.)
- coerce, drive (someone to do something)
- to hammer, hit (iron)
- (impersonal) to cause to drift
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse vreka derived from Proto-Germanic *wrekaną (drive out, push, pursue).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wrekaną
Gloss
drive out, push, pursue
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
- hayrake English
- horserake English
- muckrake English
- overrake English
- rake English
- rakeable English
- rakeback English
- rakeful English
- rakehoe English
- rakehood English
- rakeless English
- rakelike English
- rakemaker English
- raker English
- rakery English
- rakestale English
- raketh English
- rakish English
- *wreg- Proto-Indo-European
- *wrekaną Proto-Germanic
- wrecan Old English
- rake Middle English
- *wrek Old Norse
- vreka Old Norse
- wrac Middle Dutch
- reka Faroese
- 𐍅𐍂𐌰𐌺𐌾𐌰 Gothic
- 𐍅𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *wrekan gmw-pro
- *wrekan Old Dutch
- wrekan Old Saxon
- reki Swahili
- vræka Old Swedish
- bräka Westrobothnian
- räka Westrobothnian
- ireki Xhosa