varp
Old Norse
noun
Definitions
- casting, throwing
- (of birds) laying of eggs
- breeding ground, nesting place
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *warpą (a warp), *werpaną (throw, cast, turn) derived from Proto-Indo-European *werb- (turn, bend, twist, wind).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*werb-
Gloss
turn, bend, twist, wind
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
風
Emoji
🙃
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- verber Latin
- verpa Latin
- werfen German
- ῥάπτω Ancient Greek
- *werb- Proto-Indo-European
- *werbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *warpą Proto-Germanic
- *werpaną Proto-Germanic
- *wlappaną Proto-Germanic
- *wrappan- Proto-Germanic
- *wrappaną Proto-Germanic
- *wurpiz Proto-Germanic
- wearp Old English
- weorpan Old English
- warp Middle English
- verpa Old Norse
- muldvarp Danish
- andvarp Icelandic
- frumvarp Icelandic
- kúluvarp Icelandic
- sjónvarp Icelandic
- varp Icelandic
- *werpan Old High German
- werfan Old High German
- 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍀𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- werpan Old Dutch
- werpan Old Saxon
- *werpijan Frankish
- *wurpijan Frankish
- werpa Old Frisian
- *awa-rapa Proto-Albanian