dräpa
Swedish
verb-reg
Definitions
- (poetic) to kill, to commit manslaughter
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish dræpa inherited from Old Norse drepa (hit, kill, stab, strike, slay) 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
- bedrape English
- drapability English
- drape English
- drapelike English
- drapest English
- drapeth English
- drapey English
- draping English
- redrape English
- undrape English
- drappus Latin
- treffen German
- drappo Italian
- *dhrebh- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰrebʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- drepe Norwegian Bokmål
- *drapiz Proto-Germanic
- *drepaną Proto-Germanic
- drepe Norwegian Nynorsk
- drepan Old English
- drape Middle English
- drepa Old Norse
- dráp Old Norse
- dræbe Danish
- dræber Danish
- drap Old French
- draper Old French
- drap Catalan, Valencian
- drepa Icelandic
- trapo Galician
- treffan Old High German
- drepa Faroese
- treffen Middle High German
- treffen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *drepan Old Dutch
- drepan Old Dutch
- drepan Old Saxon
- dræpa Old Swedish
- drepa Westrobothnian
- *drāpi Frankish
- *drāpi, *drapi Frankish
- dræpæ Old Danish
- *drappo Gaulish