reykr

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *raukiz, whence also Old Frisian rēk (West Frisian reek), Old Saxon rōk (Low German Röök), Old Dutch rouc (Dutch rook), Old High German rouh (German Rauch) and possibly Old English rēc, which might be a loanword from Old Norse reykr.

Noun

reykr m

  1. smoke

Declension

  Declension of reykr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative reykr reykrinn reykir reykirnir
accusative reyk reykinn reyki reykina
dative reyk reykinum reykjum reykjunum
genitive reykjar, reyks reykjarins, reyksins reykja reykjanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: reykur m
  • Faroese: roykur m
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: røyk m
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: røyk m
  • Jamtish: røyk
  • Elfdalian: räk
  • Old Swedish: rø̄ker m
    • Swedish: rök c or m
  • Old Danish: rø̄k m
  • Old Gutnish: *roykr
  • → English: reek

References

  • “reykr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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