läkare

== Swedish == === Etymology === 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 === IPA(key): /²lɛːkarɛ/ === Noun === läkare c doctor, physician Synonym: doktor ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Finnish: lääkäri ==== See also ==== helare (“healer (in the English sense)”) === References === “läkare”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “läkare”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “läkare”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) Svensk MeSH