kræve
Danish
/krɛːvə/
verb
Definitions
- to demand
- to require
- to claim e.g. a life
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse krefja (demand) inherited from Proto-Germanic *krafjaną (demand).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*krafjaną
Gloss
demand
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- becrave English
- crave English
- craveable English
- craver English
- cravest English
- craveth English
- craving English
- kreve Norwegian Bokmål
- *krabjaną Proto-Germanic
- *krafjaną Proto-Germanic
- *krafō Proto-Germanic
- krav Swedish
- kräva Swedish
- krevja Norwegian Nynorsk
- crafian Old English
- craven Middle English
- krefja Old Norse
- krefja Icelandic
- kræfia Old Swedish
- krävi Westrobothnian