systkin

== Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse systkin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsɪst͡ʃʰɪn/ === Noun === systkin n pl (genitive plural systkina) siblings ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == Icelandic == === Alternative forms === systkini === Etymology === From Old Norse systkin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈsɪs(t)cɪn] === Noun === systkin n pl (plural only, genitive plural systkina) siblings; brother(s) and sister(s) ==== Declension ==== == Old Norse == === Alternative forms === systkini === Etymology === Derived from systir (“sister”) (or more correctly an old adjectival form of it, *swes(t)riga-) with the suffix *-īn(i)a indicating a relation between people as in the words feðgin (“a father and his daughter”) and mǿðgin (“a mother and her son”). Unrelated to the English kin. === Noun === systkin n pl brothers and sisters; siblings ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== systkinabǫrn n pl (“children of one's brother(s) or sister(s); nieces and nephews”) systkinadœtr f pl (“daughters of one's brother(s) or sister(s); nieces”) systkinadœtrasynir m pl (“sons of daughters of one's brother(s) or sister(s); great-nephews”) systkinasonr m (“son of a sister on one's father's side, or son of a brother on one's mother's side”) ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “systkin”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive