þoka

See also: yoka and yōka

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þoka, cognate with Danish tåge, Norwegian tåke/taake, Swedish töcken, Middle Low German dake, Latvian tuce (rain cloud), Old English *þuh (from geþuxian (to become dark, cloudy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθɔːka/
    Rhymes: -ɔːka

Noun

þoka f (genitive singular þoku, nominative plural þokur)

  1. fog, mist

Declension

See also

  • þokast

Old Norse

Etymology

Cognate with Danish tåge, Norwegian tåke/taake, Swedish töcken and tjocka, Middle Low German dake, Latvian tuce (rain cloud), Old English *þuh (from geþuxian (to become dark, cloudy).

Pronunciation

  • (9th century West Norse) IPA(key): /ˈθoka/
  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈθoka/

Noun

þoka f (genitive þoku, plural þokur)

  1. fog, mist

Declension

Descendants

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