Where does “þíða” come from?

þíða (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse þíða, from Proto-Germanic þīdaną.

þíða (Icelandic): to thaw, defrost; thaw

Definitions

  1. to thaw, defrost; thaw

Ancestry of “þíða”, step by step

þíða traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse þíða

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseþíðato thaw, melt
2Proto-Germanicþīdaną—

via Icelandic þíður

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicþíðurmelted, thawed; nominative plural indefinite of...
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