skaka

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse skaka (to shake), from Proto-Germanic *skakaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek- (to shake, stir). Compare Norwegian skake, Swedish skaka, Danish skage, Low German schaken, English shake.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskaːka/
    Rhymes: -aːka

Verb

skaka (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative skók, third-person plural past indicative skóku, supine skekið)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to shake

Conjugation

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • skaka strokk ("to churn")

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • skake

Etymology

From Old Norse skaka. Akin to English shake.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²skɑːkɑ/

Verb

skaka (present tense skakar or skjek, past tense skaka or skok, past participle skaka or skjeke, present participle skakande, imperative skak)

  1. to shake
    • 1861, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, "Ferdaminni fraa Sumaren 1860":
      [] og so naar Krøningi var fullførd baadi til Kongen og Dronningi høyra Kanonurne skaka Kyrkja [] .
      [] and then, when the coronation of both the King and Queen was finished, to hear the cannon shake the church []
  2. to frighten, upset

References


Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skakaną.

Verb

skaka (singular past indicative skók, plural past indicative skóku, past participle skekit)

  1. to shake

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: skaka
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skaka, skake
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skake
  • Danish: skage
  • Old Swedish: skaka

References

  • skaka in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse skaka, from Proto-Germanic *skakaną.

Verb

skaka

  1. to shake
  2. to swing

Conjugation

Descendants



Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish skaka, from Old Norse skaka (to shake), from Proto-Germanic *skakaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek- (to shake, stir). Cognate with Norwegian skake, Danish skage, Icelandic skaka, Low German schaken and English shake.

Pronunciation

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Verb

skaka (present skakar, preterite skakade, supine skakat, imperative skaka)

  1. (transitive) to shake (physically or to disturb emotionally)
  2. (intransitive) to shake, to tremble

Conjugation

  • handskaka
  • omskaka
  • skakare
  • skakning
  • skaka hand
  • skaka om / omskaka
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