Where does “tevja” come from?

tevja (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse þefja — to smell, to reek.

tevja (Norwegian Nynorsk): to smell bad

Definitions

  1. to smell bad

Ancestry of “tevja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseþefjato smell, to reek
Every word from Old Norse þefja