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.
deig n (genitive singular deigs, no plural)
Declension of deig | ||
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n-s | singular | |
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | deig | deigið |
accusative | deig | deigið |
dative | deigi | deiginu |
genitive | deigs | deigsins |
From Danish deig, older spelling of dej, 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, and further English dough, Dutch deeg, German Teig.
deig m (definite singular deigen, indefinite plural deiger, definite plural deigene)
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.
deig m (definite singular deigen, indefinite plural deigar, definite plural deigane)
From Proto-Germanic *daigaz m, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to knead, to mold, to form”). Related to deigr.
deig n (genitive deigs)