skynke

Swedish

Etymology

Unknown. Compare Norwegian skukk (“a cover in front of a house in the manner of a porch”)

Noun

skynke n

1. a larger piece of cloth to cover something; a curtain, a cloth

   Dockspelaren har sina händer inne i dockorna och döljer sig själv bakom ett skynke

   The puppeteer has his hands in the puppets and hides himself behind a cloth

   höftskynke

   loin cloth

Declension

Declension of skynke

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	skynke	skynkes
	definite	skynket	skynkets
plural	indefinite	skynken	skynkens
	definite	skynkena	skynkenas

Derived terms

• höftskynke

See also

• förhänge

Further reading

• skynke in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• skynke in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)