åka

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish aka, from Old Norse aka, from Proto-Germanic *akaną. Cognate with Danish age. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-. Doublet of agera, which was borrowed from Latin agō, from the same ultimate Proto-Indo-European source.

Pronunciation

Verb

åka (present åker, preterite åkte, supine åkt, imperative åk)

  1. to go (by using something more/else than the human or animal body, for example skis, skates or a vehicle)
  2. to depart, to leave (intransitive)

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