aka
Old Norse
verb
Definitions
- To drive (e.g. a cart).
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *akaną (ache, be bad, be evil) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- (drive, lead, push, herd), *h₂eǵ- (drive, lead, push, herd).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂eǵ-
Gloss
drive, lead, push, herd
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
鉛
Emoji
🚂
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aik English
- ambiguous English
- chastise English
- chastisement English
- cogitabund English
- congestive English
- countergesture English
- digester English
- egest English
- egesta English
- egestion English
- egestive English
- gestate English
- gestation English
- gesticulation English
- gesticulative English
- gestural English
- gesturalism English
- gesture English
- gestureless English
- gesturelike English
- intransigent English
- react English
- reaction English
- squatter English
- squattocracy English
- suggest English
- *agīre Latin
- abigo Latin
- actio Latin
- actito Latin
- activus Latin
- actor Latin
- actus Latin
- adagium Latin
- adigo Latin
- aeger Latin
- agendus, agenda Latin
- agilis Latin
- agitatus Latin
- agito Latin
- agmen Latin
- ago Latin
- agēns Latin
- agīna Latin
- agō Latin
- ambages Latin
- ambigo Latin
- ambiguus Latin
- auriga Latin
- castigo Latin
- castīgāre Latin
- circumago Latin
- coactus Latin
- cogitatio Latin
- cogo Latin
- congero Latin
- congestĭō Latin
- cōgēns Latin
- degero Latin
- dego Latin
- dīgestus Latin
- exactus Latin
- examen Latin
- exigentia Latin
- exigo Latin
- exigēns Latin
- gestatio Latin
- gesticulatus Latin
- gesto Latin
- gestus Latin
- indago Latin
- indiges Latin
- ingero Latin
- intergero Latin
- oggero Latin
- perago Latin
- praegero Latin
- prodigo Latin
- progero Latin
- purgo Latin
- reago Latin
- redigo Latin
- subigo Latin
- transigo Latin
- ācta Latin
- āctiō Latin
- āctor Latin
- āctus Latin
- āctōrem Latin
- réactionnaire French
- agir Spanish, Castilian
- pródigo Spanish, Castilian
- εὐρυάγυια Ancient Greek
- λοχαγός Ancient Greek
- προσαγωγός Ancient Greek
- στρατηγός Ancient Greek
- συνάγω Ancient Greek
- ἀγήνωρ Ancient Greek
- ἀγωγή Ancient Greek
- ἀνάγω Ancient Greek
- ἀναγωγή Ancient Greek
- ἀξιόχρεως Ancient Greek
- ἀρωγή Ancient Greek
- ἄγω Ancient Greek
- ἄξιος Ancient Greek
- ἐπάγω Ancient Greek
- ὁπλιταγωγός Ancient Greek
- ὄναγρος Ancient Greek
- ὑπάγω Ancient Greek
- *h₂(e)ǵ-ó-s, *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eǵro- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂mbʰi-h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂éǵeti Proto-Indo-European
- *kesa Proto-Indo-European
- *pelh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- agir Portuguese
- pródigo Portuguese
- *akaną Proto-Germanic
- *akiz Proto-Germanic
- agera Swedish
- åka Swedish
- aka Norwegian Nynorsk
- acan Old English
- अजति Sanskrit
- अज् Sanskrit
- आजि Sanskrit
- age Danish
- digestible Old French
- digestion Old French
- aka Icelandic
- akbraut Icelandic
- akrein Icelandic
- ökuleyfi Icelandic
- ökumaður Icelandic
- ökuskírteini Icelandic
- άγω Greek (modern)
- akta Indonesian
- ageren Middle Dutch
- ածեմ Old Armenian
- ág Old Irish
- aka Faroese
- akfar Faroese
- trashëgoj Albanian
- exigence Middle French
- *ageti Proto-Celtic
- *ambaxtos Proto-Celtic
- *ɸel- Proto-Celtic
- *ɸiɸlāti Proto-Celtic
- *Háȷ́ati Proto-Indo-Iranian
- agir Occitan
- aka Old Swedish
- aak Westrobothnian
- *agō Proto-Italic
- *gezō Proto-Italic
- agnus Lithuanian
- *Háȷ́ati Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Âke Low German
- *aja- fiu-pro
- *ágō Proto-Hellenic
- ag·ir Franco-Provençal
- *ekäñye- Proto-Tocharian
- *āk Proto-Tocharian
- *āk- Proto-Tocharian