väcka
Swedish
/²vɛka/
verb-reg
Definitions
- (transitive) to wake up; to cause someone to stop sleeping
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish vækia inherited from Old Norse vekja inherited from Proto-Germanic *wakjaną (awaken, wake up, wake).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wakjaną
Gloss
awaken, wake up, wake
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *weǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- vekke Norwegian Bokmål
- *wakjaną Proto-Germanic
- nöt Swedish
- nötväcka Swedish
- vekkja Norwegian Nynorsk
- vekja Old Norse
- medynkvækkende Danish
- opsigtsvækkende Danish
- vække Danish
- vækkelse Danish
- vækkeur Danish
- vækning Danish
- wecchen Old High German
- *wakkjan gmw-pro
- wecken Old Dutch
- wekkian Old Saxon
- vækia Old Swedish
- veetj Westrobothnian
- wække Old Danish