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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

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