iða

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *idōną (to move about restlessly), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁i-t-eh₂-ie-, probably from *h₁éyti (to go).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

iða f (genitive singular iðu, nominative plural iður)

  1. whirlpool, eddy

Declension[edit]

Verb[edit]

iða (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative iðaði, supine iðað)

  1. to move constantly, restlessly

Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) “idojan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 269