Where does “stygg” come from?

stygg (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse styggr, from Proto-Germanic stugjaz.

stygg (Norwegian Bokmål): ugly; nasty; serious; naughty, bad

Definitions

  1. ugly; nasty; serious; naughty, bad

Ancestry of “stygg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsestyggrshy
2Proto-Germanicstugjaz—

Words derived from “stygg”

Every word from Proto-Germanic stugjaz →Every word from Old Norse styggr →