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Where does “hrinda” come from?

hrinda (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse hrinda, from Proto-Germanic hrindaną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱret-.

hrinda (Icelandic): "or"; to push, shove; to get something going, to...

Definitions

  1. "or"; to push, shove; to get something going, to...

Ancestry of “hrinda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehrindato push, thrust; to throw off
2Proto-Germanichrindanąto push, thrust
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱret-—
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