Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Swedish harkla, a borrowing from Old High German harchelen, from a Proto-Germanic root meaning "to scrape" and perhaps ultimately of imitative origin, related to words such as Dutch hark (rake), Danish harke (to cough up phlegm), Ancient Greek κράζω (krázō, to squeak, scream), Sanskrit खर्जति (kharjati, it creaks).[1]

Verb edit

harkla (present harklar, preterite harklade, supine harklat, imperative harkla)

  1. (reflexive) to clear one's throat

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ harkla”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy][1] (in Swedish), 1937

Anagrams edit