Where does “dauðarefsing” come from?

dauðarefsing (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic refsing, from Icelandic refsa, from Old Norse refsa, from Proto-Germanic rafsijaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rep- — to rip, snatch, tear, pinch; to seize, pluck; to...

dauðarefsing (Icelandic): capital punishment

Definitions

  1. capital punishment

Ancestry of “dauðarefsing”, step by step

dauðarefsing traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic refsing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicrefsingpunishment
2Icelandicrefsato punish
3Old Norserefsa—
4Proto-Germanicrafsijanąto snatch; to punish; flog; chastise; reprove; to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rep-to rip, snatch, tear, pinch; to seize, pluck; to...

via Icelandic dauði

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicdauðideath
2Old Norsedauðideath, deadly epidemic
3Proto-Germanicdauþuzdeath
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰówtus—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rep- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rafsijaną →Every word from Old Norse refsa →