njóta
Old Norse
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to enjoy; to have the use or benefit of
- (transitive) to derive benefit from, profit by
- (impersonal)
- (reciprocal) to enjoy each other
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *neutaną.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*neutaną
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nyte Norwegian Bokmål
- nytelse Norwegian Bokmål
- *neutaną Proto-Germanic
- njuta Swedish
- nyta Norwegian Nynorsk
- neotan Old English
- nyde Danish
- nydelig Danish
- njóta Icelandic
- nýta Icelandic
- nýting Icelandic
- niozan Old High German
- misnýta Faroese
- njóta Faroese
- nýta Faroese
- 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- nietan Old Dutch
- biniotan Old Saxon
- giniotan Old Saxon
- niotan Old Saxon
- niuta Old Swedish
- niuta, niūta Old Swedish
- niwt Westrobothnian
- njut Westrobothnian