baggi

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse baggi, according to Kroonen, from Proto-Germanic *bagg (see *pakkô). Possibly from Old French bague, itself from Germanic.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

baggi m (genitive singular bagga, nominative plural baggar)

  1. bundle, pack
  2. bale, haybale
  3. (mental) burden
    Hún er þungur baggi á mér.
    She is a heavy burden on me.

Declension[edit]

declension of baggi
m-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative baggi bagginn baggar baggarnir
accusative bagga baggann bagga baggana
dative bagga bagganum böggum böggunum
genitive bagga baggans bagga bagganna

References[edit]

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) “pakka-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 396
  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “bag”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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