OriginFrom Old Norse detta (“to fall down”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- (“to beat, push”). Compare Albanian gdhend (“to carve, chisel”).
Formsdatt(indicative, past, singular, third-person) · duttu(indicative, past, plural, third-person) · dottið(supine) · detta(infinitive) · detti(first-person, present, singular) · datt(first-person, past, singular) · dettur(present, second-person, singular) · datst(past, second-person, singular) · dettur(present, singular, third-person) · datt(past, singular, third-person) · detta(plural, present) · duttu(past, plural) · dettandi(participle, present) · dottin(participle, past) · dett!(imperative, singular) · dettið!(imperative, plural)