Where does “digur” come from?

digur (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse digr, from Proto-Germanic digraz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- — to knead; to form, to shape.

digur (Icelandic): stout, fat, thick

Definitions

  1. stout, fat, thick

Ancestry of “digur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsedigr—
2Proto-Germanicdigrazbig, great, thick
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeyǵʰ-to knead; to form, to shape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeyǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic digraz →Every word from Old Norse digr →