øke
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- auke (Nynorsk also)
Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse auka, from Proto-Germanic *aukaną. Cognate with Latin augēo (“I increase”).
Verb
[edit]øke (imperative øk, present tense øker, passive økes, simple past øka or øket or økte, past participle øka or øket or økt, present participle økende)
- to increase
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- auka in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.