teigr

== Old Norse == === Etymology === Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to point out”), see also Sanskrit देश (deśa, “region, province”), Proto-Germanic *tīhaną (“to point out”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. === Noun === teigr m a distinct portion or plot of land ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: teigur Faroese: teigur Norwegian: Norwegian Bokmål: teig Norwegian Nynorsk: teig Old Swedish: tēgher Swedish: teg === References === === Further reading === Leiv Heggstad, Gamalnorsk ordbok med nynorsk tyding (Det Norske Samlaget, 1930) == Welsh == === Etymology === Borrowed from English tiger, from Middle English tygre, in part from Old English tigras pl, in part from Anglo-Norman tigre, both from Latin tigris, from Ancient Greek τίγρις (tígris), from Iranian (compare Avestan 𐬙𐬌𐬔𐬭𐬌 (tigri, “arrow”), 𐬙𐬌𐬖𐬭𐬀 (tiγra, “pointed”)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tei̯ɡr/, [ˈtʰei̯ɡr̩] === Noun === teigr m (plural teigrod, feminine teigres) a tiger === Mutation ===