þáttur

Icelandic

/ˈθauhtʏr/

noun
Definitions
  • thread, strand
  • a chapter, section (of a book)
  • (literature) a short story, episode, especially referring to the ones written in medieval Iceland (see w:ÞáWikipedia)
  • act (section of a play)
  • (music) movement
  • (theater) act
  • (television) episode
  • a serial story or play; a series
  • a television sketch
  • share, part in some activity
  • constituent, component, factor
  • (mathematics) factor any of various objects multiplied together to form some whole

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse þáttr derived from Proto-Germanic *þēhtuz.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*þēhtuz

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