lika barn leka bäst

Swedish

Etymology

Literally, "alike children play best (with each other)." Leka is a frozen (slightly) archaic present tense plural form. The present tense plural used to be identical to the infinitive for all verbs except vara. Leker would be expected in contemporary Swedish.

Proverb

lika barn leka bäst

1. birds of a feather flock together