läsa
Swedish
/ˈlɛːˌsa/
verb-reg
Definitions
- to read; to interpret written information
- to read; to make a study of (usually at a university)
- to read; to interpret a meaning
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish læsa inherited from Old Norse lesa (read, collect, gather) inherited from Proto-Germanic *lesaną (gather, collect) derived from Proto-Indo-European *les- (gather, collect, pick).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*les-
Gloss
gather, collect, pick
Concept
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Cognates and derived terms
- *les- Proto-Indo-European
- lese Norwegian Bokmål
- *lesaną Proto-Germanic
- främjande Swedish
- kortläsare Swedish
- läsare Swedish
- läsesal Swedish
- läsfrämjande Swedish
- läsning Swedish
- läsuttal Swedish
- remsläsare Swedish
- sal Swedish
- uttal Swedish
- webbläsare Swedish
- lesa Norwegian Nynorsk
- lesan Old English
- lesa Old Norse
- lestr Old Norse
- lesa Icelandic
- lesan Old High German
- lesa Faroese
- 𐌻𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- lesan Old Dutch
- lözan Cimbrian
- lesan Old Saxon
- læsa Old Swedish
- lesa Old Frisian
- lesen German Low German
- læsæ Old Danish