tyggja
Icelandic
/ˈtʰɪcːa/
verb-weak
Definitions
- (transitive) to chew, to masticate
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse tyggva inherited from Proto-Germanic *kewwaną (chew) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁- (chew).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵyewh₁-
Gloss
chew
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- gingiva Latin
- gingīva Latin
- *ǵyewh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *kawǭ Proto-Germanic
- *kekǭ Proto-Germanic
- *kewwandz Proto-Germanic
- *kewwaną Proto-Germanic
- tugga Swedish
- ceowan Old English
- ċēowan Old English
- tyggja Old Norse
- tyggva Old Norse
- tygge Danish
- gúmmí Icelandic
- tyggigúmmí Icelandic
- tyggjó Icelandic
- جویدن Persian
- kiuwan Old High German
- *keuwan gmw-pro
- *kiuwan Old Dutch
- chüüwe Alemannic German