Where does “skittentøy” come from?

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

skittentøy (Norwegian Nynorsk): 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 Nynorsk tøy

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

via Norwegian Nynorsk skitten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskskittendirty, filthy, grimy; definite singular of skitt
2Old Norseskitinn—
Every word from Old Saxon tiuh →Every word from Middle Low German tǖch →Every word from Old Norse tygi →