nyckel

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish nykil, lykil, from Old Norse lykill, from Proto-Germanic *lukilaz, from Proto-Germanic *lūkaną (“close”) + an instrumental suffix -il-. The n-sound has developed through dissimilation of l-l. Related to English lock, Swedish lock, lucka.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²nʏkːɛl/
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Noun

nyckel c

  1. a key (physical or abstract)
    Jag stoppade nyckeln i nyckelhålet och vred om
    I put the key in the keyhole and turned it [turned about]

Declension

Declension of nyckel
nominative genitive
singular indefinite nyckel nyckels
definite nyckeln nyckelns
plural indefinite nycklar nycklars
definite nycklarna nycklarnas

Derived terms

See also

  • lås n (“lock”)

References

  1. ^ nyckel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

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