hverfa
Old Norse
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) to have a circular or rotary motion; turn around
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną (turn).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hwerbaną
Gloss
turn
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- werben German
- werf Dutch, Flemish
- hvirvel Norwegian Bokmål
- virvel Norwegian Bokmål
- *hwerbaną Proto-Germanic
- *hwirbilaz Proto-Germanic
- kverva Norwegian Nynorsk
- synkverva Norwegian Nynorsk
- *hweorflian Old English
- ahweorfan Old English
- andhweorfan Old English
- behweorfan Old English
- efthweorfan Old English
- forhweorfan Old English
- framhweorfan Old English
- geanhweorfan Old English
- gehweorfan Old English
- geondhweorfan Old English
- hwearfan Old English
- hweorfan Old English
- mishweorfan Old English
- ongeanhweorfan Old English
- onhweorfan Old English
- sinhweorfan Old English
- tohweorfan Old English
- ymbhweorfan Old English
- æthweorfan Old English
- wharven Middle English
- hvirfill Old Norse
- hvirfilvindr Old Norse
- hvirfing Old Norse
- hvirfingr Old Norse
- hvirfingsdrykkja Old Norse
- hvirfla Old Norse
- hvirvel Danish
- hverfa Icelandic
- hverfill Icelandic
- hvirfill Icelandic
- hvørva Faroese
- 𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *wervan Old Dutch
- hwervan Old Saxon
- hværva Old Swedish
- hväärv Westrobothnian