drab

Danish

noun
Definitions
  • (crime) homicide

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse dráp (killing, deathblow), drepa (hit, kill, stab, strike, slay) inherited from Proto-Germanic *drepaną (strike, beat, hit, kill, push, slay, bump) derived from Proto-Indo-European *dhrebh-.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*dhrebh-

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