jedúddamía

Icelandic

Etymology

Uncertain, but probably either from Jesús og María (“Jesus and Mary”), or alternatively from Latin Jesu domine (“Lord Jesus”), which is also a likely origin of the form je minn eini (see there).

Pronunciation

Interjection

jedúddamía

  1. (euphemistic) oh my! (expresses surprise)
    Synonym: je minn eini
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.