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Where does “jäkt” come from?

jäkt (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish iäkt, from Middle Low German jacht, from Old Dutch jagot, from Proto-West Germanic jagōþu, from Proto-West Germanic -ōþu, from Proto-Germanic -ōþuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

jäkt (Swedish): hurry; stress

Definitions

  1. hurry; stress

Ancestry of “jäkt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishiäkt—
2Middle Low Germanjachta hunt; a chase, a pursuit; a fast ship
3Old Dutchjagot—
4Proto-West Germanicjagōþuhunt, hunting; chase, pursuit
5Proto-West Germanic-ōþu—
6Proto-Germanic-ōþuzForms nouns from weak class 2 verbs, possibly...
7Proto-Germanic-þuzForms result nouns from verb roots, usually from...
8Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “jäkt”

  • jäktig
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →