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Where does “teist” come from?
teist (Norwegian) comes from Old Norse þeisti, from Proto-Germanic þaistô — black guillemot.
Ancestry of “teist”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Norse
þeisti
black guillemot, tystie
2
Proto-Germanic
þaistô
black guillemot
Words derived from “teist”
Teiste
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