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Where does “tigr” come from?

tigr (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic *teguz.

tigr (Old Norse): group of ten

Definitions

  1. group of ten

Ancestry of “tigr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*teguz—

Words derived from “tigr”

  • áratugur
  • tugur
  • áttatigir
  • åttiti
Every word from Proto-Germanic *teguz →