teigr

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to point out”), see also Sanskrit देश (deśa, “region, province”), Proto-Germanic *tīhaną (“to point out”).^[1] This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

teigr m

1. A distinct portion or plot of land.

• Icelandic: teigur
• Faroese: teigur
• Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: teig
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: teig
• Old Swedish: tēgher
  • Swedish: teg

• Leiv Heggstad, Gamalnorsk ordbok med nynorsk tyding (Det Norske Samlaget, 1930)

Borrowed from English tiger, from Middle English tygre, in part from Old English tigras pl, in part from Anglo-Norman tigre, both from Latin tigris, from Ancient Greek τίγρις (tígris), from Iranian (compare Avestan 𐬙𐬌𐬔𐬭𐬌 (tigri, “arrow”), 𐬙𐬌𐬖𐬭𐬀 (tiγra, “pointed”)).

• IPA^(key): /tei̯ɡr/, [ˈtʰei̯ɡr̩]

teigr m (plural teigrod, feminine teigres)

1. a tiger