þjó

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þjó.

Noun

þjó n (genitive singular þjós, nominative plural þjó) (archaic)

  1. (the upper part of a thigh)

Declension

Declension of þjó (neuter)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative þjó þjóið þjó þjóin
accusative þjó þjóið þjó þjóin
dative þjói þjóinu þjóum þjóunum
genitive þjós þjósins þjóa þjóanna

Further reading

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þeuhą, whence also Old English þēoh, Old Saxon thio, Dutch dij, Old High German dioh; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tewk-, cognate with Russian тук (tuk, “animal fat”), Lithuanian tukti (“become fat”).

Noun

þjó n

  1. thigh (in plural usually buttocks)

Declension

Declension of þjó (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative þjó þjóit þjó þjóin
accusative þjó þjóit þjó þjóin
dative þjó, þjói þjónu, þjóinu þjóm þjónum
genitive þjós þjósins þjóa þjóanna

Note that the dative singular -i may be missing.

Descendants

  • Icelandic: þjó
  • Faroese: tjógv
  • Norn: tjug
  • Norwegian: tjo
  • Gutnish: tiau, tjauv, tjaug

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “þjó”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 512; also available at the Internet Archive
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