taug
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse taug, from Proto-Germanic *taugō.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
taug f (genitive singular taugar, nominative plural taugar)
Declension edit
declension of taug
Derived terms edit
- brjósttaug
- sjóntaug (“optic nerve”)
- skyntaug (“sensory nerve”)
- taugalæknir (“neurologist”)
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse taug, from Proto-Germanic *taugō.
Noun edit
taug (definite singular taugi, indefinite plural tauger, definite plural taugene)
- (nonstandard or dialectal) alternative form of tau
Etymology 2 edit
From earlier and Old Norse tog (“rope”), from Proto-Germanic *taugō.
Noun edit
taug
See also edit
Etymology 3 edit
Adjective edit
taug (neuter taugt, definite singular and plural tauge, comparative taugare, indefinite superlative taugast, definite superlative taugaste)
References edit
- “taug” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *taugō.
Noun edit
taug f (genitive taugar)
Declension edit
Declension of taug (strong ō-stem)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: taug
References edit
- “taug”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press