burspråk
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle Low German bursprake. By surface analysis, bur (“burgher”) + språk. Originally in the sense of a townhall meeting. Current sense due to the bay window at Rådstugan, Stockholm, from whence proclamations of such meetings were made public. Compare origin of burbrev and burskap.
Noun edit
burspråk n
- a bay window
- Synonym: karnap
Declension edit
| Declension of burspråk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | burspråk | burspråket | burspråk | burspråken |
| Genitive | burspråks | burspråkets | burspråks | burspråkens |
References edit
- burspråk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- burspråk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- burspråk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- burspråk in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1905)