kœfa
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kwēbijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂bʰ- (“to dive, dive in”). Cognate of Ancient Greek βάπτω (báptō).
Verb
kǿfa
- to choke
Related terms
Descendants
Further reading
- Guus Kroonen (2013) “*kwēbjan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 315
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