Where does “tengdaforeldrar” come from?

tengdaforeldrar (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic tengdir, from Old Norse tengðir.

tengdaforeldrar (Icelandic): parents-in-law; in-laws

Definitions

  1. parents-in-law; in-laws

Ancestry of “tengdaforeldrar”, step by step

tengdaforeldrar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic tengdir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandictengdirrelations by marriage
2Old Norsetengðir—

via Icelandic foreldrar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicforeldrarparents; mother and father, or any combination thereof (genealogical abbreviation for.)
Every word from Old Norse tengðir →Every word from Icelandic tengdir →