The story
- Swedish · borrowed fromtacka“ewe”
- English todayteg
First used to contemptuously refer to a woman, then later applied to a ewe in her second year. Possibly borrowed from Swedish tacka (“ewe”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
teg
Today it means: A sheep (originally a ewe) in its second year, or from the time it is weaned until it is first shorn. Full definition →
Swedish tacka