deig

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse deig, from Proto-Germanic *daigaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to knead, to mold, to form”). Compare Faroese deiggj, Norwegian Bokmål deig, Swedish deg, Danish dej.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teiːɣ/
• Rhymes: -eiːɣ

Noun

deig n (genitive singular deigs, no plural)

1. dough

Declension

Declension of deig (sg-only neuter)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	deig	deigið
accusative	deig	deigið
dative	deigi	deiginu
genitive	deigs	deigsins

Derived terms

• súrdeig

Related terms

• deigur

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish deig, older spelling of dej, from Old Norse deig, from Proto-Germanic *daigaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to knead, to mold, to form”). Compare Icelandic deig, Faroese deiggj, Swedish deg, and further English dough, Dutch deeg, German Teig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dæɪ̯/
• Rhymes: -æɪ̯
• Homophone: deg

Noun

deig m (definite singular deigen, indefinite plural deiger, definite plural deigene)

1. dough

Derived terms

• kjøttdeig
• surdeig

References

• “deig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse deig, from Proto-Germanic *daigaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to knead, to mold, to form”). Compare Icelandic deig, Faroese deiggj, Swedish deg, Danish dej.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛɪːɡ/

Noun

deig m (definite singular deigen, indefinite plural deigar, definite plural deigane)

1. dough

Derived terms

• kjøtdeig, kjøttdeig
• surdeig

References

• “deig” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *daigaz m, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to knead, to mold, to form”). Related to deigr.

Noun

deig n (genitive deigs)

1. dough

Declension

Declension of deig (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	deig	deigit	deig	deigin
accusative	deig	deigit	deig	deigin
dative	deigi	deiginu	deigum	deigunum
genitive	deigs	deigsins	deiga	deiganna

Descendants

• Icelandic: deig n
• Faroese: deiggj n
• Norwegian Nynorsk: deig m
• Norwegian Bokmål: deig m
• Old Swedish: dēgher m
  • Swedish: deg c
• Old Danish: degh m
  • Danish: dej c
• Gutnish: daig

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “deig”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive