hrista

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hrista, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *krisd- (to move about, frolic), and cognate with Sanskrit क्रीड् (krīḍ, to play), but this is semantically tenuous.

Pronunciation

Verb

hrista (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hristi, supine hrist)

  1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to shake
    Ekki hrista barnið svona!
    Don't shake the kid like that!

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References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 413
  2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 279
  3. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 281-2