spak

Swedish

adj

Definitions

powerless, tired, obedient, tame, calm, easy, reasonable; of a person or animal that used to resist, but has given up the fight; of calm water

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse spakr (wise, mild, gentle, quiet).

Origin

Old Norse

spakr

Gloss

wise, mild, gentle, quiet

Concept

Semantic Field

Cognition

Ontological Category

Property

`Kanji`

静

Emoji

🦉

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

spake English
spakely English
spakest English
spaketh English
*spakaz Proto-Germanic
block Swedish
spakblock Swedish
växel Swedish
växelspak Swedish
spake Middle English
spakr Old Norse
spakur Icelandic
spakur Faroese