víkingr

== Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *wīkingaz. Cognate with Old English wīċing, Old Frisian wītsing and Old Saxon wīking (“pirate”). May be equivalent to Vík +‎ -ingr, or the more general vík (“bay, inlet”) +‎ -ingr. Other proposals were made, like e.g. deriving víkingr from the root related to the verb víkja (or its Proto-Germanic equivalent). === Pronunciation === (9th century West Norse) IPA(key): /ˈwiːkinɡɹ̝/, [ˈwiː.cɪ̃ŋɡ̊ɹ̻̊˔] (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈwiːkinɡr/ === Noun === víkingr m (genitive víkings, plural víkingar) a pirate in relation to period piracy: opportunistic seafaring adventurer out to raid and pillage, also to explore and settle new lands or conduct trading voyages pirate raider, freebooter, viking ==== Usage notes ==== Unlike in modern English, this term only refers to a person out on the denoted activity, not to all Norse people of the time. ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== All descendants are learned borrowings. Icelandic: víkingur Faroese: víkingur Norwegian Nynorsk: viking Old Swedish: ᚢᛁᚴᛁᚴᚱ (vīkingʀ) (Runic Swedish) Swedish: viking Old Danish: ᚢᛁᚴᛁᚴᚱ (wīkingʀ) (Runic Danish) Danish: viking Norwegian Bokmål: viking → French: viking → English: Viking → German: Wikinger → Middle Irish: ucing Irish: uiging ⇒ Middle Irish: *ucingech Irish: Uigingeach Manx: Wiggynnagh Scottish Gaelic: Uiginneach ==== References ====