Where does “ræða við” come from?
ræða við (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic við, from Old Norse við, from Proto-Germanic wiþr- — against.
ræða við (Icelandic): to talk to somebody, to talk with; to have a word...
Definitions
- to talk to somebody, to talk with; to have a word...
Ancestry of “ræða við”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Icelandic | við | we, nominative plural form of the personal... |
| 2 | Old Norse | við | withy, withe; collar; against; towards, against |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | wiþr- | against |