bäva
Swedish
verb-reg
Definitions
- to tremble, quiver, shudder
- to be uneasy or fearful
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Germanic *bibāną (shiver, quake).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*bibāną
Gloss
shiver, quake
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bever English
- bevering English
- bive English
- *bʰeyh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *bibāną Proto-Germanic
- *bʰeyH- Proto-Germanic
- beofian Old English
- bifian Old English
- beveren Middle English
- bifa Old Norse
- biben Old High German
- bibēn Old High German
- *bibēn gmw-pro
- *bivon Old Dutch
- beven Middle Low German
- bivon Old Saxon