baggi

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse baggi, according to Kroonen, from Proto-Germanic *bagg (see *pakkô). Possibly from Old French bague, itself from Germanic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpacːɪ/

  Rhymes: -acːɪ

Noun

baggi m (genitive singular bagga, nominative plural baggar)

1. bundle, pack
2. bale, haybale
3. (mental) burden

   Hún er þungur baggi á mér.

   She is a heavy burden on me.

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) “pakka-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 396
• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “bag”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.