deyja
Icelandic
/ˈteiːja/
verb-strong
Definitions
- (intransitive) to die
- (intransitive) to pass out from drinking
- (intransitive) to go out
- (intransitive) to calm down, to subside
- (intransitive) to wither
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse deyja (die) inherited from Proto-Germanic *dawjaną (die).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*dawjaną
Gloss
die
Concept
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *dʰew- Proto-Indo-European
- dø Norwegian Bokmål
- *daudaz Proto-Germanic
- *dawjaną Proto-Germanic
- dö Swedish
- døy Norwegian Nynorsk
- dīeġan Old English
- dīġan Old English
- deyen Middle English
- deyja Old Norse
- dø Danish
- doyggja Faroese
- *douwen Old Dutch
- doian Old Saxon
- døia Old Swedish
- dø̄ia, døia Old Swedish
- dee Scots