táttur

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Faroese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse þáttr, from Proto-Germanic *þanhtu-, from Proto-Indo-European *tonk-tu-.[1] According to Pokorny, this is related to *tek- (“to weave, to plait”),[2] see also Latin texō (“to weave”), Old High German dūhen (“to press”)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

táttur m (genitive singular táttar, plural tættir)

  1. part of kvæði (ballad)
  2. (music) satirical tune

Declension[edit]

m26 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative táttur tátturin tættir tættirnir
Accusative tátt táttin tættir tættirnar
Dative tátti táttinum táttum táttunum
Genitive táttar táttarins tátta táttanna

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “þanhtu”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 533
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1058
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