þjó

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þjó.

Noun

þjó n (genitive singular þjós, nominative plural þjó) (archaic)

1. (the upper part of a thigh)

Further reading

• “þjó” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þeuhą, whence also Old English þēoh, Old Saxon thio, Dutch dij, Old High German dioh; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tewk-, cognate with Russian тук (tuk, “animal fat”), Lithuanian tukti (“become fat”).

Noun

þjó n

1. thigh (in plural usually buttocks)

Declension

  Declension of þjó (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þjó	þjóit	þjó	þjóin
accusative	þjó	þjóit	þjó	þjóin
dative	þjó, þjói	þjónu, þjóinu	þjóm	þjónum
genitive	þjós	þjósins	þjóa	þjóanna

Note that the dative singular -i may be missing.

Descendants

• Icelandic: þjó
• Faroese: tjógv
• Norn: tjug
• Norwegian: tjo
• Helsingian: tjö
• Gutnish: tiau, tjauv, tjaug

References

• þjó in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.