sutchkin

Scots

FWOTD – 23 October 2022

Alternative forms

• søskin, sötskin, sutshkin

Etymology

From Old Norse systkin (“siblings”). Compare Danish søskende, Faroese, Icelandic systkin, Norwegian Bokmål søsken and Swedish syskon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsøtʃkɪn/

Noun

sutchkin (plural sutchkins)

1. (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.

2. (Shetland) cousins, near relatives in general

Further reading

• “sutchkin” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
• “sutchkin” in John J Graham, The Shetland Dictionary, Lerwick: Shetland Times Ltd, 1979, →ISBN.