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Where does “tue” come from?

tue (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse þúfa, from Proto-Germanic þūbaz.

tue (Norwegian Nynorsk): a tussock, a small mound or tuft formed by...

Definitions

  1. a tussock, a small mound or tuft formed by...

Ancestry of “tue”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseþúfamound, knoll
2Proto-Germanicþūbaz—
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