drepa
Old Norse
verb
Definitions
- to beat, to hit, to push, to knock
- to kill, to slay
- to capture (e.g. in chess)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *drepaną (strike, beat, hit, kill, push, slay, bump) derived from Proto-Indo-European *dhrebh-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dhrebh-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antreffen German
- auf Wiedertreffen German
- betreffen German
- eintreffen German
- treffen German
- trefflich German
- triftig German
- zutreffen German
- übertreffen German
- *dhrebh- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰrebʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- drap Norwegian Bokmål
- drepe Norwegian Bokmål
- treffe Norwegian Bokmål
- *drapiz Proto-Germanic
- *drepaną Proto-Germanic
- dräpa Swedish
- träffa Swedish
- trafiać Polish
- drap Norwegian Nynorsk
- drepe Norwegian Nynorsk
- treffa Norwegian Nynorsk
- treffe Norwegian Nynorsk
- drepan Old English
- drepen Middle English
- dráp Old Norse
- drab Danish
- dræbe Danish
- træffe Danish
- drepa Icelandic
- dráp Icelandic
- treffan Old High German
- drepa Faroese
- treffen Middle High German
- *drepan Old Dutch
- drepan Old Dutch
- drepan Old Saxon
- dræpa Old Swedish
- drepa Westrobothnian
- dræpæ Old Danish