tygi

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Low German tü̂ch, akin to German Zeug (“thing”), English toy.

Noun[edit]

tygi n

  1. (Late Old Norse) tool, gear
  2. (Late Old Norse) equipment

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: tygi
  • Danish: tøj
    • → Faroese: toy
  • Norwegian: tøy (Bokmål), tøy (Nynorsk) n
  • Swedish: tyg

References[edit]

  • “tygi”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=tygi&oldid=78843272"