Where does “tyggjó” come from?
tyggjó (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic tyggigúmmí, from Danish tyggegummi, from English chewing gum, from English gum, from Middle English gomme, from Old English guma, from Proto-Germanic gumô, from Proto-Indo-European dʰǵʰm̥mō.
tyggjó (Icelandic): chewing gum
Definitions
- chewing gum
Ancestry of “tyggjó”, step by step
tyggjó traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic tyggigúmmí
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | tyggigúmmí | chewing gum |
| 2 | Danish | tyggegummi | chewing gum |
| 3 | English | chewing gum | A flavoured preparation of chicle or synthetic... |
| 4 | English | gum | The flesh around the teeth; To chew, especially... |
| 5 | Middle English | gomme | Alternative form of gome; Alternative form of... |
| 6 | Old English | guma | man, hero |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | gumô | man |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰǵʰm̥mō | earthling, human |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéǵʰōm | earth |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōm | emphatic suffix or postpositive particle |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |
via Icelandic ó
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | ó | oh!, ah!; O, oh, the Icelandic vocative particle,... |