deig

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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

Noun

deig n (genitive singular deigs, no plural)

  1. dough

Declension

declension of deig
n-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative deig deigið
accusative deig deigið
dative deigi deiginu
genitive deigs deigsins

Related terms

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

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

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

  Declension of deig (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative deig deigit deig deigin
accusative deig deigit deig deigin
dative deigi deiginu deigum deigunum
genitive deigs deigsins deiga deiganna

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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