þungur

Icelandic

/ˈθuŋkʏr/

adj

Definitions

heavy
difficult, hard

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse þungr (heavy) inherited from Proto-Germanic *þunguz.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*þunguz

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*téngʰus Proto-Indo-European
tung Norwegian Bokmål
*þunguz Proto-Germanic
tung Swedish
tung Norwegian Nynorsk
þungleikr Old Norse
þungr Old Norse
tung Danish
hyggja Icelandic
hyggjuþungur Icelandic
ofurþungur Icelandic
tungur Faroese
tong Westrobothnian