tœkr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tōkijaz (“able to take, able to be taken”), from the verb *tēkaną.

Adjective

tœkr

1. acceptable

Derived terms

• fátœkr (“poor”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: tækur (“acceptable”)
• Faroese: tøkur (“ready to take, acceptable”)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tøk (“perceptive”)
• Old Danish: tøkær (“ready to take”)