skunkur
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From English skunk, from Abenaki segôgw (“skunk”, literally “he who squirts (musk) / urinates”), from Proto-Algonquian *šeka·kwa, from *šek- (“to urinate”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
skunkur m (genitive singular skunks, nominative plural skunkar)
Declension edit
declension of skunkur
References edit
- “skunkur” in: Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)