# ætt
## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse átt/ætt, from Proto-Germanic *aihtiz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaʰtː/
* Rhymes: -aʰtː

### Noun

ætt f (genitive singular ættar, plural ættir)
* dynasty, lineage
* generation
* (biology) family (familja)
* language family

#### Derived terms

* yvirætt
* undirætt
* plantuætt
* grasætt
* notuætt
* rósuætt
* sóljuætt

#### Related terms

* slag (species)
* slekt (genus)
* hópur (order)
* flokkur (class)
* fylki (phylum)
* ríki (kingdom)

### Noun

ætt f (genitive singular ættar, plural ættir)
* direction, point of the compass
* wind direction

#### Derived terms

* vindætt
* høgætt
* lágætt

#### Related terms

* lot
* kastivindur
* útnyrðingur
* landnyrðingur
* útsynningur
* landsynningur

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse ætt, from Proto-Germanic *aihtiz. Doublet of átt.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aiht/
    Rhymes: -aiht

### Noun

ætt f (genitive singular ættar, nominative plural ættir)
* family (referring to an extended family, dynasty, etc.)
* (biology, taxonomy) family

#### See also

* fjölskylda

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse ætt.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛtː/, /ætː/

### Noun

ætt f (definite singular ætta, indefinite plural ætter, definite plural ættene)
* extended family, clan

### References

* “ætt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Norse
### Alternative forms

* átt

### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aihtiz (“possession, property”).

### Noun

ætt f (genitive ættar, plural ættir)
* quarter of the heaven, direction
* family, extraction, pedigree
* generation

#### Derived terms

* austrátt f (“the east”)
* austrætt f (“the east”)
* bóndaætt f (“the extraction of a bóndi”)
* fǫðurætt f (“kinsfolk on the father's side”)
* norðrátt f (“the north”)
* norðrætt f (“the north”)
* suðrætt f (“the south”)
* vestrætt f (“the western quarter (of the heavens)”)
* áttarauki m (“increase of the family”)
* áttarmót n (“relationship”)
* áttarœxling f (“propagation of kin”)
* áttbogi m (“lineage”)
* átthagi m (“one's native place, one's home”)
* áttleggr m (“stem, lineage”)
* áttlera (“degenerate”)
* áttniðjungr m (“kinsman, descendant”)
* áttniðr m (“kinsman, descendant”)
* áttrunnr m (“kinsman, descendant”)
* áttstafr m (“kinsman”)
* áttungr m (“kinsman”)
* áttvísi f (“genealogical knowledge”)
* ættarbragð n (“family trait”)
* ættarbœtir m (“betterer of one's family”)
* ættarferð f (“origin, descent”)
* ættarfylgja f (“family guardian spirit”)
* ættargift f (“family luck”)
* ættargripr m (“heirloom”)
* ættarhaugr m (“family cairn, family tomb”)
* ættarhǫgg n (“family blow, calamity”)
* ættarmót n (“family likeness”)
* ættarnafn n (“hereditary title”)
* ættarréttr m (“hereditary right”)
* ættarríki n (“hereditary kingdom”)
* ættarskarð n (“a loss (by death) in a family”)
* ættarskǫmm f (“a disgrace to a family (of a person)”)
* ættarspillir m (“family spoiler, disgracer”)
* ættarsvipr m (“family likeness”)
* ættartal n (“pedigree, genealogy”)
* ættartala f (“pedigree, genealogy”)
* ættaðr (“descended”)
* ættbogi m (“lineage”)
* ættborinn (“born native…”)
* ætterni n (“descent, extraction, origin; family, kindred, kinsmen”)
* ættfolk n (“relations, kinsmen”)
* ættfróðr (“well versed in pedigrees”)
* ættfœrsla f (“adoption”)
* ættgangr m (“succession”)
* ættgeigr m (“family calamity”)
* ættgengr (“characteristic of one's family, born in the blood”)
* ættgóðr (“of good family”)
* ættgœði n (“goodness of origin, rank, high birth”)
* ættgǫfugr (“of noble extraction”)
* ætthagi m (“one's native place, one's home”)
* ætthringr m (“lineage, pedigree”)
* ættingi m (“kinsman”)
* ættjǫrð f (“native country”)
* ættkvísl f (“a line, branch of family”)
* ættland n (“one's native land”)
* ættleggr m (“stem, lineage”)
* ættleifð f (“patrimony”)
* ættleiða (“to legitimate”)
* ættleiðing f (“legitimation (of a natural child)”)
* ættleiðingr m (“a legitimated child”)
* ættlera (“degenerate”)
* ættleri m (“a degenerate person, a discredit to a family”)
* ættliðr m (“a link in a pedigree”)
* ættmenn m pl (“kinsmenn”)
* ættnafn n (“a (Christian) name usual in the family”)
* ættniðr m (“descendant”)
* ættrif n (“stem, lineage”)
* ættsmár (“of low extraction”)
* ættstórr (“high-born”)
* ættstœri f (“greatness of extraction”)
* ættvíg f (“slaying of a kinsman”)
* ættvísi f (“knowledge of genealogies”)

#### Descendants

* → English: aett
* Icelandic: átt, ætt
* Faroese: ætt
* Norwegian Nynorsk: ætt
* Old Swedish: æt
** Swedish: ätt
* Danish: æt
** Norwegian Bokmål: ætt

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “ætt”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 525; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857
* page/525 Internet Archive]