deig

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse deig, from Proto-Germanic *daigaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (to knead, to mold, to form). Compare Faroese deiggj, Norwegian Bokmål deig, Swedish deg, Danish dej.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /teiːɣ/
  • Rhymes: -eiːɣ

Noun

deig n (genitive singular deigs, no plural)

  1. dough

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse deig, from Proto-Germanic *daigaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (to knead, to mold, to form). Compare Icelandic deig, Faroese deiggj, Swedish deg, Danish dej. Compare also other Germanic cognates German Teig , English dough , Low German Deeg.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dæɪ̯/
  • Rhymes: -æɪ̯
  • Homophone: deg

Noun

deig m (definite singular deigen, indefinite plural deiger, definite plural deigene)

  1. dough

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse deig, from Proto-Germanic *daigaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (to knead, to mold, to form). Compare Icelandic deig, Faroese deiggj, Swedish deg, Danish dej.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɛɪːɡ/

Noun

deig m (definite singular deigen, indefinite plural deigar, definite plural deigane)

  1. dough

Derived terms

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *daigaz m, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (to knead, to mold, to form). Related to deigr.

Noun

deig n (genitive deigs)

  1. dough

Declension

Descendants

  • Icelandic: deig n
  • Faroese: deiggj n
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: deig m
  • Norwegian Bokmål: deig m
  • Old Swedish: dēgher m
    • Swedish: deg c
  • Old Danish: degh m
  • Gutnish: daig

References

  • deig”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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