Where does “krevet” come from?

krevet (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål kreve, from Old Norse krefja, from Proto-Germanic krafjaną — to demand.

krevet (Norwegian Bokmål): inflection of kreve: ## simple past ## past...

Definitions

  1. inflection of kreve: ## simple past ## past...

Ancestry of “krevet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålkreveto demand; to require; to claim
2Old Norsekrefjato demand
3Proto-Germanickrafjanąto demand
Every word from Proto-Germanic krafjaną →Every word from Old Norse krefja →Every word from Norwegian Bokmål kreve →