hertogi

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Faroese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse hertogi.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛɹ̥.tʰɔjɪ/

Noun[edit]

hertogi m (genitive singular hertoga, plural hertogar)

  1. duke

Declension[edit]

Declension of hertogi
m1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hertogi hertogin hertogar hertogarnir
accusative hertoga hertogan hertogar hertogarnar
dative hertoga hertoganum hertogum hertogunum
genitive hertoga hertogans hertoga hertoganna

Derived terms[edit]

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse hertogi.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

hertogi m (genitive singular hertoga, nominative plural hertogar)

  1. duke

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Likely borrowed from Middle Low German hertôge, from Old Saxon heritogo, from Proto-West Germanic *harjatogō.[1]

Noun[edit]

hertogi m[2]

  1. commander of troops
  2. duke

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: hertogi
  • Faroese: hertogi
  • Norwegian:
    Norwegian Bokmål: hertug
    Norwegian Nynorsk: hertug
  • Swedish: hertig
  • Danish: hertug

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hellquist, Elof (1922) “hertig”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 234
  2. ^ hertogi”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press