rokke
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Afrikaans
Noun
rokke
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse *rokka, *rukka, from Proto-Germanic *rukkōną (“to move, sway”). Cognate with English rock.
Verb
rokke
- to shake (to move from side to side)
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
rokke n or m (plural rokken, diminutive rokketje n)
- Alternative form of rokken
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
from Old English *rocc (“rock”), as in Old English stānrocc (“high stone rock, peak, obelisk”), and also later from Anglo-Norman roque, from Early Medieval Latin rocca (attested 767 CE).
Pronunciation
Noun
rokke (plural rokkes)
Descendants
References
- “rok(ke, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Middle Low German roche, ruche.
Noun
rokke f or m (definite singular rokka or rokken, indefinite plural rokker, definite plural rokkene)
- a skate (fish)
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- “rokke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
rokke
- past participle of rekka