eyða
Icelandic
/ˈeiːða/
verb-weak
Definitions
- to destroy, bring to nothing
- to spend, waste
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse eyða derived from Proto-Germanic *auþijaną.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*auþijaną
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *auþijaną Proto-Germanic
- öda Swedish
- ödsla Swedish
- øyda Norwegian Nynorsk
- ieþan Old English
- eyða Old Norse
- eyði Old Norse
- eyðimǫrk Old Norse
- -sla Icelandic
- eyðimörk Icelandic
- eyðing Icelandic
- eyðni Icelandic
- eyðsla Icelandic
- eyðslukló Icelandic
- fóstureyðing Icelandic
- kló Icelandic
- mörk Icelandic
- øþa Old Swedish
- øþe, ø̄þe Old Swedish
- ø̄þa, øþa Old Swedish