Where does “refsa” come from?
refsa (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse refsa, from Proto-Germanic rafsijaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rep- — to rip, snatch, tear, pinch; to seize, pluck; to...
refsa (Icelandic): to punish
Ancestry of “refsa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | refsa | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | rafsijaną | to snatch; to punish; flog; chastise; reprove; to... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁rep- | to rip, snatch, tear, pinch; to seize, pluck; to... |
Words derived from “refsa”