deig
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse deig, from Proto-Germanic *daigaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to knead, to mold, to form”). Compare Faroese deiggj, Norwegian Bokmål deig, Swedish deg, Danish dej.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
deig n (genitive singular deigs, no plural)
Declension edit
Related terms edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse deig, from Proto-Germanic *daigaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to knead, to mold, to form”). Compare Icelandic deig, Faroese deiggj, Swedish deg, Danish dej. Compare also other Germanic cognates German Teig , English dough , Low German Deeg.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
deig m (definite singular deigen, indefinite plural deiger, definite plural deigene)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “deig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse deig, from Proto-Germanic *daigaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to knead, to mold, to form”). Compare Icelandic deig, Faroese deiggj, Swedish deg, Danish dej.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
deig m (definite singular deigen, indefinite plural deigar, definite plural deigane)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “deig” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *daigaz m, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to knead, to mold, to form”). Related to deigr.
Noun edit
deig n (genitive deigs)
Declension edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “deig”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press