Where does “hræzla” come from?

hræzla (Old Norse) comes from Old Norse -sla, from Proto-Germanic -slą, from Proto-Indo-European -slom.

hræzla (Old Norse): dread, fear

Definitions

  1. dread, fear

Ancestry of “hræzla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norse-slaact of
2Proto-Germanic-sląDerives nouns from verbs
3Proto-Indo-European-slom—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -slom →Every word from Old Norse -sla →Every word from Proto-Germanic -slą →
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