zéi
Luxemburgeois
/t͡sɜɪ/
adj
Definitions
- tough, chewy (of food)
- tough, rugged, hardy
- tenacious, dogged
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German zāh inherited from Proto-Germanic *tanhuz (tough, clinging, fitting, tenacious).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*tanhuz
Gloss
tough, clinging, fitting, tenacious
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- semitough English
- supertough English
- tough English
- toughen English
- toughie English
- toughish English
- toughly English
- toughminded English
- toughness English
- ultratough English
- untough English
- superzäh German
- zäh German
- zähe German
- zähfließend German
- zähflüssig German
- taai Dutch, Flemish
- taaislijmziekte Dutch, Flemish
- taaitaai Dutch, Flemish
- *denḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- tøff Norwegian Bokmål
- *tanhuz Proto-Germanic
- *tanhwą Proto-Germanic
- tuff Swedish
- タフ Japanese
- tøff Norwegian Nynorsk
- toh Old English
- tōh Old English
- tough Middle English
- töff Icelandic
- taey Middle Dutch
- zah Old High German
- zāh Old High German
- zāhi Old High German
- zæhe, zǣhe Middle High German
- *tāi Old Dutch
- *tēi Old Frisian