Where does “skittentøy” come from?

skittentøy (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål tøy, from Old Norse tygi, from Middle Low German tǖch, from Old Saxon tiuh.

skittentøy (Norwegian Bokmål): dirty clothes, dirty washing, dirty laundry

Definitions

  1. dirty clothes, dirty washing, dirty laundry

Ancestry of “skittentøy”, step by step

skittentøy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål tøy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåltøycloth, fabric, material, textile; clothes,...
2Old Norsetygitool, gear; equipment
3Middle Low Germantǖchstuff; gear, equipment
4Old Saxontiuh—

via Norwegian Bokmål skitten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålskittendirty, filthy, grimy
2Old Norseskitinn—
Every word from Old Saxon tiuh →Every word from Middle Low German tǖch →Every word from Old Norse tygi →