Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hertogi.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛɹ̥.tʰɔjɪ/

Noun

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hertogi m (genitive singular hertoga, plural hertogar)

  1. duke

Declension

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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

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hertogi.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hertogi m (genitive singular hertoga, nominative plural hertogar)

  1. duke

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Further reading

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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

Noun

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hertogi m[2]

  1. commander of troops
  2. duke

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Descendants

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

References

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  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