flikki

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse flikki.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈflɪhcɪ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪhcɪ

Noun

flikki n (genitive singular flikkis, nominative plural flikki)

  1. lump, chunk, hunk

Declension
declension of flikki
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative flikki flikkið flikki flikkin
accusative flikki flikkið flikki flikkin
dative flikki flikkinu flikkjum flikkjunum
genitive flikkis flikkisins flikkja flikkjanna

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *flikkiją, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁ḱ- (“to tear, peel off”), whence ultimately also English flitch.

Noun

flikki n (genitive flikkis)

  1. flitch of bacon

Declension
  Declension of flikki (strong ija-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative flikki flikkit flikki flikkin
accusative flikki flikkit flikki flikkin
dative flikki flikkinu flikkum flikkunum
genitive flikkis flikkisins flikka flikkanna

References
  • flikki in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Shipley, Joseph Twadell (2009): The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots
  • Scherer, Philip (1941): Germanic-Balto-Slavic Etyma, Issues 26-34, p. 29
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