sutchkin
Scots
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse systkin (“siblings”). Compare Danish søskende, Faroese, Icelandic systkin, Norwegian Bokmål søsken and Swedish syskon.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsutchkin (plural sutchkins)
- (Shetland) sibling (brother and sister)
- 1952, John J. Hunter, Taen wi da Trow, page 211:
- He wis just laek his sutchkins.
- He was just like his siblings.
- (Shetland) cousins, near relatives in general
Further reading
edit- “sutchkin” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
- Graham, John J (1979) “sutchkin”, in The Shetland Dictionary[1], Lerwick: Shetland Times Ltd, →ISBN