drepe

Old English

noun
Definitions
  • a stroke, deathblow
  • a slaying
  • a violent death

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *drapiz (blow, deathblow, a strike, hit, strike), *drepaną (strike, beat, hit, kill, push, slay, bump) derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (crush, beat, make become thick, ferment, grind, curdle, kill, become thick cloudy).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*dʰrebʰ-

Gloss

crush, beat, make become thick, ferment, grind, curdle, kill, become thick cloudy

Concept
Semantic Field

Food and drink

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

殺

Emoji
🥰

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