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

Definitions

  1. to punish

Ancestry of “refsa”, step by step

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

Words derived from “refsa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rep- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rafsijaną →Every word from Old Norse refsa →