UrsprungLikely onomatopoeic, from the sound of the bird. Inherited from Old Norse þeisti, from Proto-Germanic *þaistô.
- common-genderblack guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Formertejst(indefinite, nominative, singular) · tejsts(genitive, indefinite, singular) · tejsten(definite, nominative, singular) · tejstens(definite, genitive, singular) · tejstar(indefinite, nominative, plural) · tejstars(genitive, indefinite, plural) · tejstarna(definite, nominative, plural) · tejstarnas(definite, genitive, plural)