Where does “tvítyngdur” come from?

tvítyngdur (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic tyngdur — tongued, lingual.

tvítyngdur (Icelandic): bilingual

Definitions

  1. bilingual

Ancestry of “tvítyngdur”, step by step

tvítyngdur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic tyngdur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandictyngdurtongued, lingual

via Icelandic tví

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandictví
Every word from Icelandic tyngdur