tyggja

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse tyggva, tyggja (to chew), from Proto-Germanic *kewwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁-.

Pronunciation

Verb

tyggja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative tuggði, supine tuggið)

  1. to chew, to masticate

Conjugation

Derived terms

See also

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse tyggja and tyggva, from Proto-Germanic *kewwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁-. Akin to English chew.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʏjːɑ/, /tʏʝɑ/

Verb

tyggja (present tense tygg, past tense togg, past participle togge, passive infinitive tyggjast, present participle tyggjande, imperative tygg)

  1. to chew

References

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kewwaną.

Verb

tyggja (singular past indicative tǫgg, plural past indicative tuggu, past participle togginn)

  1. to chew

Conjugation

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “tyggja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive