þýzkr
التعريفات والمعاني
== Old Norse ==
=== Alternative forms ===
þýskr, þýðskr, þýðiskr
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz, whence also Modern German deutsch. Equivalent to þjóð (“people, nation”) + -iskr (“-ish, -ic”). The sense of “German” beyond doubt borrowed from continental Proto-West Germanic [Term?].
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /θyːtskr̩/
=== Adjective ===
þýzkr
German
Synonym: þýðverskr
==== Usage notes ====
In medieval Icelandic, þýðverskr is significantly more common.
==== Declension ====
==== Descendants ====
Icelandic: þýskur
Faroese: týskur
Norwegian Nynorsk: tysk, tydsk
Old Swedish: þȳþisker, þȳzker
Swedish: tysk
→ Elfdalian: tysk
Old Danish: thȳthæsk, thȳzk
Danish: tysk, tydsk
Norwegian Bokmål: tysk
Scanian: týzker
Gutnish: töiskar
→ Northern Sami: Duiska (from a Germanic, probably North Germanic, language)