tœma

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tōmijaną, related to the adjective tómr (“empty”).

Verb

tœma (singular past indicative tœmdi, plural past indicative tœmdu, past participle tœmdr)

  1. to empty [with accusative]

Descendants

  • Icelandic: tæma
  • Faroese: tøma
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tøma
  • Swedish: tömma
  • Danish: tømme
    • Norwegian Bokmål: tømme
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: tømma
  • → Middle English: temen
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