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Where does “tyggva” come from?

tyggva (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic kewwaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵyewh₁- — to chew.

tyggva (Old Norse): to chew

Definitions

  1. to chew

Ancestry of “tyggva”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickewwanąto chew
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵyewh₁-to chew

Words derived from “tyggva”

  • tugga
  • tuggummi
  • tygge
  • tyggegummi
  • tyggja
  • tygge
  • tyggegummi
  • tyggja
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵyewh₁- →