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Where does “tåke” come from?

tåke (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse þoka, from Proto-Germanic þukōną.

tåke (Norwegian Bokmål): a fog or mist; a nebula

Definitions

  1. a fog or mist; a nebula

Ancestry of “tåke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseþokafog, mist
2Proto-Germanicþukōną—

Words derived from “tåke”

  • taake
  • tåkebanke
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