driva
Norwegian Nynorsk
/²driːʋɑ/
verb
Definitions
- to drive, move (e.g. a herd of cattle)
- to propel
- to run (e.g. a business)
- to wander aimlessly
- to do, occupy oneself with something.
- to be adrift, (float at random)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse drífa inherited from Proto-Germanic *drībaną (drive) derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (push, drive).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dʰreybʰ-
Gloss
push, drive
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
- Orion drive English
- bedrive English
- codrive English
- drivable English
- drive English
- driveable English
- driveaway English
- drivebolt English
- drivee English
- drivehead English
- driveless English
- drivelike English
- driveline English
- drivepipe English
- driver English
- driveshaft English
- driveshed English
- drivest English
- driveth English
- drivetime English
- drivetrain English
- driveway English
- driving English
- floppy diskette drive English
- fordrive English
- hyperdrive English
- microdrive English
- misdrive English
- multidrive English
- outdrive English
- overdrive English
- piledrive English
- redrive English
- spacedrive English
- stardrive English
- sterndrive English
- todrive English
- underdrive English
- war-drive English
- wardrive English
- draivi Finnish
- Drive German
- Treiber German
- Treibgas German
- Treibgut German
- Treibhaus German
- abtreiben German
- auftreiben German
- austreiben German
- betreiben German
- eintreiben German
- herumtreiben German
- treiben German
- umtreiben German
- untertreiben German
- vertreiben German
- vorantreiben German
- wegtreiben German
- zertreiben German
- zutreiben German
- übertreiben German
- aandrijven Dutch, Flemish
- afdrijven Dutch, Flemish
- bedrijven Dutch, Flemish
- doordrijven Dutch, Flemish
- dribbelen Dutch, Flemish
- drijfhout Dutch, Flemish
- drijfijs Dutch, Flemish
- drijfjacht Dutch, Flemish
- drijfsijs Dutch, Flemish
- drijfveer Dutch, Flemish
- drijfvermogen Dutch, Flemish
- drijfzand Dutch, Flemish
- drijven Dutch, Flemish
- geestdrijver Dutch, Flemish
- overdrijven Dutch, Flemish
- uitdrijven Dutch, Flemish
- verdrijven Dutch, Flemish
- voortdrijven Dutch, Flemish
- драйв Russian
- дрейф Russian
- *dʰer- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- drive Norwegian Bokmål
- drive Portuguese
- *draibijaną Proto-Germanic
- *draibō Proto-Germanic
- *driftiz Proto-Germanic
- *drībandz Proto-Germanic
- *drībaną Proto-Germanic
- bedriva Swedish
- driva Swedish
- fördriva Swedish
- indriva Swedish
- överdriva Swedish
- over Norwegian Nynorsk
- overdriva Norwegian Nynorsk
- drīfan Old English
- driven Middle English
- drífa Old Norse
- drive Danish
- drajvo Esperanto
- drífa Icelandic
- ไดรฟ์ Thai
- drayb Cebuano
- driven Middle Dutch
- drîven Middle Dutch
- *drīvan Old High German
- trīban, triban Old High German
- dryf Afrikaans
- dreiwen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌳𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *drīban gmw-pro
- drīvan Old Dutch
- drīven Old Dutch
- drīvan Old Saxon
- driva Old Swedish
- 드라이브 Korean
- drīva Old Frisian
- drif Papiamentu
- kalaiwa Hawaiian