drikkebror
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
drikke + bror, first part from Old Norse drekka (“to drink”), from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną (“to drink”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrenǵ- (“to draw into one's mouth, sip, gulp”), from *dʰreg- (“to draw, glide”). Last part from Old Norse bróðir (“brother”), from Proto-Germanic *brōþēr (“brother”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
drikkebror m (definite singular drikkebroren, indefinite plural drikkebrødre, definite plural drikkebrødrene)
- a drinking buddy
- Synonyms: drikkekompis, svirebror
- 1932, Rudolf Muus, Dikterliv i gamle Kristiania, page 11:
- i dagevis leiet [han] sig inn på et hotell med sine drikkebrødre og blev liggende der og ture
- for days [he] rented a hotel with his drinking buddies and stayed there for celebrating
- 2002, Atle Næss, Innersvinger, page 48:
- Pers navne- og drikkebror, den litt eldre franskfilologen Per Ek
- Per's name and drinking brother, the slightly older French philologist Per Ek
References edit
- “drikkebror” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “drikkebror” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).