Where does “tøy” come from?

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

tøy (Norwegian Bokmål): cloth, fabric, material, textile; clothes,...

Definitions

  1. cloth, fabric, material, textile; clothes,...

Ancestry of “tøy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsetygitool, gear; equipment
2Middle Low Germantǖchstuff; gear, equipment
3Old Saxontiuh—

Words derived from “tøy”

Every word from Old Saxon tiuh →Every word from Middle Low German tǖch →Every word from Old Norse tygi →