läkare
Appearance
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From late Old Swedish lǣkiare, remade (by way of the agent suffix -are) from earlier Old Swedish lǣkir, from (east) Old Norse *lækir (cf. Old West Norse læknir), from Proto-Germanic *lēkijaz. Equivalent to läka (“heal”) + -are (“-er”). Identical in formation to Norwegian Nynorsk lækjar and Proto-Slavic *lěkařь.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]läkare c
Declension
[edit]Declension of läkare
Descendants
[edit]- → Finnish: lääkäri
See also
[edit]- helare (“healer (in the English sense)”)
References
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- Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish
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- Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
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- Swedish terms suffixed with -are
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swedish terms with audio pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
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