skiikk

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse skikka, from Middle Low German schicken, from Proto-Germanic *skikkijaną.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʂʲɪ̀kʰʲː], [st͡ɕɪ̀kʰʲː] (example of pronunciation)
    Rhymes: -ɪ̀kː

Verb

skiikk (preterite skikkä)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) send
  2. (transitive, intransitive) happen
    Hä skikkä säg sä, att’n braut å bäinä
    It so happened, that he broke his leg.

References
  • Rietz, Johan Ernst, “skiikk”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 584
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