þoka

See also: yoka, yōka, and Þoka

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þoka, cognate with Danish tåge, Norwegian Bokmål tåke, Swedish töcken, Middle Low German dake, Old English *þuh (from geþuxian (“to become dark, cloudy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθɔːka/

  Rhymes: -ɔːka

Noun

þoka f (genitive singular þoku, nominative plural þokur)

1. fog, mist

Derived terms

• stjörnuþoka

See also

• þokast

Old Norse

Etymology

Cognate with Danish tåge, Norwegian tåke, Swedish töcken and tjocka, Middle Low German dake, Old English *þuh (from geþuxian (“to become dark, cloudy”).

Pronunciation

• (9th century West Norse) IPA^(key): /ˈθokɑ/
• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈθokɑ/

Noun

þoka f (genitive þoku, plural þokur)

1. fog, mist

Declension

  Declension of þoka (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þoka	þokan	þokur	þokurnar
accusative	þoku	þokuna	þokur	þokurnar
dative	þoku	þokunni	þokum	þokunum
genitive	þoku	þokunnar	þoka, þokna	þoka, þoknanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: þoka
• Faroese: toka
• Norwegian Bokmål: tåke
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tåke
• Old Swedish: thoka, thoki, thøkn
  • Swedish: tåka, tåga, tåke, tåge, töcken
• Old Danish: thokæ (later thoghæ)
  • Danish: tåge
  • Scanian: tága (f. var. A), táge (f. var. E)