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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)
- dough
Declension
Declension of deig (sg-only neuter)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
Noun
deig m (definite singular deigen, indefinite plural deiger, definite plural deigene)
- dough
Derived terms
References
- “deig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
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)
- dough
Derived terms
References
- “deig” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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)
- dough
Declension
Declension of deig (strong a-stem)
Descendants
References
- “deig”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press