hnakki
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Icelandic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse hnakki, from Proto-Germanic *hnakkô.
Origin of the slang sense is uncertain. May be derived from the meat sense, in connection with skinka (“ham”), which is also used in a similar slang sense, or it may refer to the associated hairstyle (popular between 2005 and 2010) in which the only the hair of the back of the head points outwards.
Noun
hnakki m (genitive singular hnakka, nominative plural hnakkar)
- nape of the neck, back of the head
- shoulder (meat behind an animals head, e.g. on a pig or fish)
- (slang, derogatory) a stereotypical grouping of superficial juveniles associated with sport, fitness and tanning, that often bleach their hair and dress fashionably, somewhat similar to a jock. Used primarily between 2005 and 2010.
Declension
See also
- emó, ímó (“an emo”)
- gothari, goþþari, gottari (“a goth”)
- nörd, nördi (“a nerd, a geek”)
- pönkari (“a punk”)
- skinka
Etymology 2
See hnakkur.
Noun
hnakki m
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hnakkô. Compare Old English hnecca ( > Modern English neck), Dutch nek, German Nacken.
Noun
hnakki m
- nape of the neck
Descendants
- Icelandic: hnakki
- Faroese: nakki
- Norwegian: nakke
- Old Swedish: nakke
- Swedish: nacke
- Old Danish: nakkæ
- Danish: nakke
References
- “hnakki”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press