Where does “tevja” come from?

tevja (Faroese) comes from Old Norse þefja — to smell, to reek.

tevja (Faroese): to smell

Definitions

  1. to smell

Ancestry of “tevja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseþefjato smell, to reek
Every word from Old Norse þefja
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