Faroese edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse hertogi.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛɹ̥.tʰɔjɪ/

Noun edit

hertogi m (genitive singular hertoga, plural hertogar)

  1. duke

Declension edit

Declension of hertogi
m1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hertogi hertogin hertogar hertogarnir
accusative hertoga hertogan hertogar hertogarnar
dative hertoga hertoganum hertogum hertogunum
genitive hertoga hertogans hertoga hertoganna

Derived terms edit

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse hertogi.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

hertogi m (genitive singular hertoga, nominative plural hertogar)

  1. duke

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

Likely borrowed from Middle Low German hertôge, from Old Saxon heritogo, from Proto-West Germanic *harjatogō.[1]

Noun edit

hertogi m[2]

  1. commander of troops
  2. duke

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Icelandic: hertogi
  • Faroese: hertogi
  • Norwegian:
    Norwegian Bokmål: hertug
    Norwegian Nynorsk: hertug
  • Swedish: hertig
  • Danish: hertug

References edit

  1. ^ Hellquist, Elof (1922) “hertig”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 234
  2. ^ hertogi”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press