Where does “hryggja” come from?

hryggja (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic hrewwaną, from Proto-Indo-European krew- — to fall, collapse; scab; to fall, break, bruise.

hryggja (Old Norse): to distress, to grieve; to cause to look sad

Definitions

  1. to distress, to grieve; to cause to look sad

Ancestry of “hryggja”, step by step

hryggja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic hrewwaną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichrewwanąto grieve, to feel sorrow; to cause regret, to...
2Proto-Indo-Europeankrew-to fall, collapse; scab; to fall, break, bruise

via Proto-Germanic hriwwijaną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichriwwijaną—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European krew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hrewwaną →