dirre
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse dirre (“to shake”), from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *dʰerh₃- (“to spring, leap”), see also Ancient Greek θρῴσκω (thrṓiskō).[1] A probable Germanic cognate is Dutch dartel (“playful, frisky”).
References
- “darra”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish), 1937
Middle High German
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