Where does “hræðsla” come from?

hræðsla (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic -sla, from Old Norse -sla, from Proto-Germanic -slą, from Proto-Indo-European -slom.

hræðsla (Icelandic): fear

Definitions

  1. fear

Ancestry of “hræðsla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandic-slasuffix that makes nouns from verbs, usually...
2Old Norse-slaact of
3Proto-Germanic-sląDerives nouns from verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-slom—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -slom →Every word from Icelandic -sla →Every word from Old Norse -sla →