þjó

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þeuhą, whence also Old English þēoh, Old Saxon thio, Dutch dij, Old High German dioh; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tewk-, cognate with Russian тук (tuk, “animal fat”), Lithuanian tukti (“become fat”).

Noun

þjó n

  1. thigh (in plural usually buttocks)

Descendants

  • Faroese: tjógv n
  • Icelandic: þjó n
  • Norwegian: tjo n
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