kǿfa

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kwēbijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂bʰ- (“to dive, dive in”). Cognate of Ancient Greek βάπτω (báptō).

Verb

kǿfa

  1. to choke

Descendants

  • Icelandic: kæfa
  • Faroese: køva
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kjøva
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kjøve
  • Old Swedish: qvæfia

Further reading

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kwēbjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 315
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