klyka

Swedish

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *klukjaną, from *klu- (“to ball up, conglomerate, amass”), from Proto-Indo-European *glew- (“to ball up; lump, mass”).

Noun

klyka c

1. crotch; the area where something branches; in particular a branch from a tree trunk
2. the switchhook on which a telephone handset rests while not in use (at least on older telephones)

Declension

Declension of klyka
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	klyka	klykan	klykor	klykorna
Genitive	klykas	klykans	klykors	klykornas

See also

• gren

References

• klyka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• klyka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• klyka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• klyka in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)