rįesa

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See also: riesa and Riesa

Elfdalian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Swedish resa, from Middle Low German reisen. The nasality is probably by analogy with rįesa (cleanse).

Verb[edit]

rįesa

  1. to travel
Inflection[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse hreinsa, from Proto-Germanic *hrainisōną.

Verb[edit]

rįesa

  1. to wash, to cleanse
Inflection[edit]

References[edit]

  • Steensland, Lars (2011) “Parasitisk (oetymologisk) nasalisering i älvdalskan”, in Oðer råðstemną um övdalskų[1], pages 116–126