se

Swedish

/seː/

verb-irr
Definitions
  • to see; use one's sight
  • to see; to understand
  • to see, to visualize; to form a mental picture of

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish sea, sēa inherited from Old Norse séa inherited from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną (see) derived from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (follow, say, see, notice, accompany, track).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*sekʷ-

Gloss

follow, say, see, notice, accompany, track

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

見

Emoji

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