kœfa

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Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Verb

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kœfa

  1. to choke
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Descendants

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

References

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