vísdómstönn

Icelandic

Picture dictionary: tennur (teeth)

tennur (teeth)

jaxlar

forjaxlar /

framjaxlar

augntennur

/ vígtennur

framtennur

vísdómstennur

/ endajaxlar

Names of human teeth in Icelandic.

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *weyd-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *wéydos

Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós

Proto-Germanic *wīsaz

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos

Proto-Germanic *dōmaz

Proto-Germanic *-dōmaz

Proto-Germanic *wīsadōmaz

Old Norse vísdómr

Icelandic vísdómur

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-

Proto-Indo-European *-ónts

Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts

Proto-Germanic *tanþs

Old Norse tǫnn

Icelandic tönn

Icelandic vísdómstönn

From vísdómur (“wisdom”) +‎ tönn (“tooth”).

Noun

vísdómstönn f (genitive singular vísdómstannar, nominative plural vísdómstennur)

1. wisdom tooth

   Synonyms: endajaxl, geirjaxl

Declension

Declension of vísdómstönn (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vísdómstönn	vísdómstönnin	vísdómstennur	vísdómstennurnar
accusative	vísdómstönn	vísdómstönnina	vísdómstennur	vísdómstennurnar
dative	vísdómstönn	vísdómstönninni	vísdómstönnum	vísdómstönnunum
genitive	vísdómstannar	vísdómstannarinnar	vísdómstanna	vísdómstannanna

Further reading

• “vísdómstönn” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)