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Where does “þighia” come from?

þighia (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse þegja, from Proto-Germanic þagjaną, from Proto-Indo-European tak- — to be silent.

þighia (Old Swedish): to be silent, to not speak

Definitions

  1. to be silent, to not speak

Ancestry of “þighia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseþegjato be silent
2Proto-Germanicþagjanąto be silent, to not speak; to take, consume
3Proto-Indo-Europeantak-to be silent

Words derived from “þighia”

  • tiga
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tak- →