þakka

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse þakka, from Proto-Germanic *þankōną. Cognates include Faroese takka, Danish and Norwegian takke, Swedish tacka, English thank, Dutch danken and German danken. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθahka/ Rhymes: -ahka === Verb === þakka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative þakkaði, supine þakkað) to thank ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== flytja þökk (“bring thanks”) færa þökk (“bring thanks”) gjalda þökk (“pay thanks”) tjá þökk (“express thanks”) ==== Derived terms ==== þakka þér (singular) (literally “(I) thank you”) þakka þér fyrir (singular) (literally “thank you for ...”) þakka ykkur fyrir (plural) (literally “thank you for ...”) þakka yður (singular, formal; rare) (literally “(I) thank you ...”) þakka yður fyrir (singular and plural, formal; rare) (literally “thank you for ...”) ==== Related terms ==== þökk (“a thank, thanks”) == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *þankōną, akin to Old English þancian, Old Saxon thankon, Old High German dankōn. === Verb === þakka (singular past indicative þakkaði, plural past indicative þǫkkuðu, past participle þakkaðr) to thank, to show gratitude ==== Usage notes ==== Unlike in English, where the direct object of the verb "to thank" is the person being thanked and the indirect object is the thing being thanked for, in Old Norse, the thing being thanked for is the accusative object and the person being thanked is marked with the dative, as seen in the example above from page 70 of A New Introduction to Old Norse by Michael Barnes. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== þǫkk ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: þakka Faroese: takka Norwegian Nynorsk: takka Norwegian Bokmål: takke Old Swedish: þakkaSwedish: tacka Danish: takke → Inari Sami: takkâ == Old Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Norse þakka, from Proto-Germanic *þankōną. === Verb === þakka to thank to praise to reward ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Swedish: tacka