kœfa

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• kvæfa

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kwēbijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂bʰ- (“to dive, dive in”). Cognate of Ancient Greek βάπτω (báptō).

Verb

kœfa

1. to choke

Related terms

• kefja
• kvefja

Descendants

• Icelandic: kæfa
• Faroese: køva
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjøve
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kjøve
• Old Swedish: qvæfia
  • Swedish: kväva, qväfva, qväfvia

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kwēbjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 315