tå
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
tå c (singular definite tåen, plural indefinite tæer)
- toe (part of a foot; also part of a sock, stocking or shoe)
InflectionEdit
Derived termsEdit
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
tå f or m (definite singular tåa or tåen, indefinite plural tær, definite plural tærne)
- a toe (part of a foot; also part of a sock, stocking or shoe)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “tå” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Norse tá, from Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ. from the Proto-Indo-European root *deyḱ- (“to point out”). Cognate with Latin digitus.
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
tå f (definite singular tåa, indefinite plural tær, definite plural tærne)
- a toe (part of a foot; also part of a sock, stocking or shoe)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Old Norse þá, from Proto-Germanic *þawō. Related to the verb tø (from Old Norse þeyja). Related to English thaw.
NounEdit
tå f (definite singular tåa, indefinite plural tåer, definite plural tåene)
AdjectiveEdit
tå (neuter singular tått, definite singular and plural tå or tåe, comparative tåare, indefinite superlative tåast, definite superlative tåaste)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
There is a suspected relation to tæ and teia, from Proto-Norse ᛏᚨᚹᛁᛞᛟ (tawido, “I made”), from Proto-Germanic *tawjaną.
VerbEdit
tå (present tense tår, past tense tådde, past participle tådd/tått, passive infinitive tåast, present participle tåande, imperative tå)
- (transitive) to pick apart, dissolve
Etymology 4Edit
Aasen, in his 1850 dictionary, lists it as a variant of ut av.[1][2] As such, the origin of this word is not to dissimilar from that of på (“on”) from Old Norse upp á. Other variants include ta.
Alternative formsEdit
PrepositionEdit
tå
AdverbEdit
tå
ReferencesEdit
- “tå” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- ^ Ivar Aasen (1850), “taa”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog, Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000
- ^ Ivar Aasen (1850), “ut-av”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog, Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000
AnagramsEdit
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Swedish ta, from Old Norse tá, from Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
tå c
InflectionEdit
Declension of tå | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | tå | tån | tår | tårna |
Genitive | tås | tåns | tårs | tårnas |
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
- tå in Svensk ordbok.