Russenorsk

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Etymology

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From Norwegian Nynorsk drikke or it's Northern Norwegian dialectal apocope form (rather such as drikk, then drekk).

The forms like drinkom and drinkan is probably from English, maybe through Solombala pigdin дринкомъ (although, know from a phrase, where this verb is used in sexual context).

Verb

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drikkom

  1. to drink

References

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  • Ingvild Broch, Ernst H. Jahr (1984) Russenorsk: Et pidginspråk i Norge [Russenorsk: A pidgin language in Norway], 2 edition, Oslo: Novus Forlag