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Where does “teðja” come from?

teðja (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse teðja, from Proto-Germanic tadjaną, from Proto-Indo-European dāy- — to divide, split, section, part, separate; to...

teðja (Icelandic): to strew manure on, to fertilize with manure; to...

Definitions

  1. to strew manure on, to fertilize with manure; to...

Ancestry of “teðja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseteðjato manure; to scatter manure
2Proto-GermanictadjanąTo strew, to scatter; To dung, to manure
3Proto-Indo-Europeandāy-to divide, split, section, part, separate; to...
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