kœfa
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Old Norse
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *kwēbijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂bʰ- (“to dive, dive in”). Cognate of Ancient Greek βάπτω (báptō).
Verb
[edit]kœfa
- to choke
Related terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- 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