verpa
Icelandic
/ˈvɛr̥pa/
verb-strong
Definitions
- (transitive) to throw
- (ambitransitive) to lay (an egg)
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse verpa derived from Proto-Germanic *werpaną (throw, cast, turn).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*werpaną
Gloss
throw, cast, turn
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- verpa Latin
- werfen German
- *werb- Proto-Indo-European
- *warpą Proto-Germanic
- *werpaną Proto-Germanic
- weorpan Old English
- verpa Old Norse
- verpill Old Norse
- muldvarp Danish
- *werpan Old High German
- werfan Old High German
- verpa Faroese
- 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍀𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- werpan Old Dutch
- werpan Old Saxon
- værpa Old Swedish
- *werpijan Frankish
- *wurpijan Frankish
- werpa Old Frisian
- wærpæ Old Danish