hverfa
Icelandic
/ˈkʰvɛrva/
verb-strong
Definitions
- (intransitive) to turn (to something, back, etc.)
- to disappear, vanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse hverfa inherited from Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną (turn).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hwerbaną
Gloss
turn
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- wharve English
- Liebeswerben German
- Werbeartikel German
- Werber German
- Werbespot German
- Werbung German
- abwerben German
- anwerben German
- bewerben German
- erwerben German
- werben German
- werf Dutch, Flemish
- *hwerbaną Proto-Germanic
- kverva Norwegian Nynorsk
- hwearfan Old English
- hweorfan Old English
- wharven Middle English
- hverfa Old Norse
- hvirfill Old Norse
- hvirfing Old Norse
- hvirfingr Old Norse
- hvirfla Old Norse
- varbi Esperanto
- verbovati Serbo-Croatian
- hverfill Icelandic
- hvørva Faroese
- 𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *wervan Old Dutch
- вербува́ти Ukrainian
- hwervan Old Saxon
- hværva Old Swedish
- hväärv Westrobothnian