nykill

== Middle Norwegian == === Etymology === Possibly with dissimilation from Old Norse lykill (“key”), from Proto-Germanic *lukilaz. If so, it would be a doublet of lykel. The initial n- might be from an Old Norse verb hnúka (“to sit cowering”). Compare the same shift in Old Swedish nykil and Old Danish nykil (modern Swedish nyckel and Danish nøgle), but not in Icelandic lykill, Faroese lykil and also Norwegian Nynorsk lykel. === Noun === nykill m a key ==== Descendants ==== Norwegian Nynorsk: nykel; (dialectal) nykil, nykyl, nygel, nøgel Norwegian Bokmål: nøkkel → Norwegian Nynorsk: nøkkel === References === == Old Norse == === Noun === nykill m (genitive nykils, plural nyklar) alternative form of lykill ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “nykill”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive