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Where does “dræpæ” come from?

dræpæ (Old Danish) comes from Old Norse drepa, from Proto-Germanic drepaną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰrebʰ- — to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to...

Ancestry of “dræpæ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsedrepato beat, to hit, to push, to knock; to kill, to...
2Proto-Germanicdrepanąto hit, strike
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrebʰ-to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to...

Words derived from “dræpæ”

  • dræbe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰrebʰ- →