teig

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse teigr.

Pronunciation

Noun

teig m (definite singular teigen, indefinite plural teiger, definite plural teigene)

  1. a A distinct portion or plot of land, mostly used for parts of farms.
    Gården har teiger på begge sider av elva.
    The farm owns of pieces of land on both sides of the river.

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse teigr.

Pronunciation

Noun

teig m (definite singular teigen, indefinite plural teigar, definite plural teigane)

  1. A distinct portion or plot of land, mostly used for parts of farms.
    Garden har teigar på begge sider av elva.
    The farm owns of pieces of land on both sides of the river.

References

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *daigaz, whence also Old English dāg, Old Norse deig and Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌲𐍃 (daigs). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (to knead, to mold, to form).[1] [2]

Noun

teig m

  1. dough, pastry

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “teig”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
  2. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “dough”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.