skilling
See also: Skilling
English
Etymology 1
From skill (verb).
Noun
skilling (plural skillings)
Etymology 3
Compare sheeling.
Noun
skilling (plural skillings)
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse skillingr, from Proto-Germanic *skillingaz, the same source of English shilling.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skelenɡ/, [ˈsɡ̊elˀeŋ]
Noun
skilling c (singular definite skillingen, plural indefinite skillinger)
Inflection
Declension of skilling
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | skilling | skillingen | skillinger | skillingerne |
genitive | skillings | skillingens | skillingers | skillingernes |
Synonyms
(small donation): skærv
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse skillingr, from Proto-Germanic *skillingaz. Akin to English shilling. Doublet of schilling and shilling.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃɪlːɪŋ/
Noun
skilling m (definite singular skillingen, indefinite plural skillingar, definite plural skillingane)
- (numismatics) shilling (A Scandinavian monetary unit and coin up to the 19th century.)
- a coin (any coin)
- 1856, Ivar Aasen, Norske Ordsprog:
- Ein Skilling, som er spard, er tvo Gonger tent.
- A shilling that is saved, is twice earned.
Further reading
- “skilling” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish skillinger, from Old Norse skillingr, from Proto-Germanic *skillingaz, the same source of English shilling.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɧɪlˌɪŋ/
Declension
Declension of skilling | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | skilling | skillingen | skillingar | skillingarna |
Genitive | skillings | skillingens | skillingars | skillingarnas |
References
- skilling in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- skilling in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- skilling in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Anagrams
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