teigr
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Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to point out”), see also Sanskrit देश (deśa, “region, province”), Proto-Germanic *tīhaną (“to point out”).[1] This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun[edit]
teigr m
Declension[edit]
Declension of teigr (strong a-stem)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- Leiv Heggstad, Gamalnorsk ordbok med nynorsk tyding (Det Norske Samlaget, 1930)
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “188-89”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 188-89
Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English tiger, from Middle English tygre, in part from Old English tigras pl, in part from Anglo-Norman tigre, both from Latin tigris, from Ancient Greek τίγρις (tígris), from Iranian (compare Avestan 𐬙𐬌𐬔𐬭𐬌 (tigri, “arrow”), 𐬙𐬌𐬖𐬭𐬀 (tiγra, “pointed”)).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
teigr m (plural teigrod, feminine teigres)
- a tiger
Mutation[edit]
Welsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
teigr | deigr | nheigr | theigr |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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