táttur

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse þáttr, from Proto-Germanic *þanhtu-, from Proto-Indo-European *tonk-tu-.[1] According to Pokorny, this is related to *tek- (“to weave, to plait”),[2] see also Latin texō (“to weave”), Old High German dūhen (“to press”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʰɔʰtːʊɹ/

Noun

táttur m (genitive singular táttar, plural tættir)

  1. a strand of a line or rope
  2. a thin string; cord
  3. part of kvæði (ballad)
  4. (music) satirical tune

Declension

Declension of táttur (m26)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative táttur tátturin tættir tættirnir
accusative tátt táttin tættir tættirnar
dative tátti táttinum táttum táttunum
genitive táttar táttarins tátta táttanna

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “þanhtu”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 533
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), “3. tek- 'weben, flechten'”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1058
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