sjau

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃæʉ̯/, /ʃœʉ̯/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch.

Noun

sjau m (definite singular sjauen, indefinite plural sjauar, definite plural sjauane)

  1. hard, toilsome work
  2. fuss, noise

Verb

sjau

  1. imperative of sjaue

Etymology 2

From Old Norse sjau, from Proto-Germanic *sebun, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.

Numeral

sjau

  1. (dialectal, non-standard since 1901) seven
    Synonym: sju

References

  • “sjau” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • Ivar Aasen (1850) “sjau”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog‎ (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000

Anagrams

Old Norse

Old Norse numbers (edit)
70,
 ←  6 7 8  → 
    Cardinal: sjau
    Ordinal: sjaundi
    Multiplier: sjaufaldr

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sebun (whence also Old English seofon, Old High German sibun, Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌱𐌿𐌽 (sibun)), from earlier *sebunt, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.

Numeral

sjau

  1. (cardinal number) seven

Descendants

  • Icelandic: sjö
  • Faroese: sjey
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sju
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sju, sjau (dialectal)
  • Old Swedish: siu
  • Old Danish: siu
    • Danish: syv
      • Norwegian Bokmål: syv
  • Old Gutnish: siau

References

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