kǿfa

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• kvæfa

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

Related terms

• kefja
• kvefja

Descendants

• Icelandic: kæfa
• Faroese: køva
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjøva
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kjøve
• Old Swedish: qvæfia
  • Swedish: kväva, qväfva, qväfvia

References

• 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