Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hnykkja, from Proto-Germanic *hnuk- (to press, bend), from Proto-Indo-European *knewg- (to bend, pinch), from *ken- (to pinch).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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hnykkja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hnykkti, supine hnykkt)

  1. to tug, jerk [with dative]
    Synonyms: rykkja, svipta

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “558-59”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 558-59