Where does “veiða” come from?
veiða (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse veiða, from Proto-Germanic waiþijaną, from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.
veiða (Icelandic): to hunt; to fish
Ancestry of “veiða”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | veiða | to catch, hunt |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | waiþijaną | to hunt, pursue; to graze, feed |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |
Words derived from “veiða”