röigg

Westrobothnian

/ˈrʏkː/

noun
Definitions
  • (anatomy) back.
  • (architecture) A slender sapling of spruce or juniper, with which the roof-wood is held together on the ridgepole by such saplings entering through the holes drilled at the top end of the roof-wood.

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse hryggr inherited from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz (back, spine, ridge) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krewk- (turn, bend), *(s)ker- (cut, turn, bend, cut off, curve, divide, wrinkle, scrape, sever, shorten, split, dry, jump, move, in the sense of an enclosure, shrink, swing, part, skimp).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*(s)ker-

Gloss

cut, turn, bend, cut off, curve, divide, wrinkle, scrape, sever, shorten, split, dry, jump, move, in the sense of an enclosure, shrink, swing, part, skimp

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

踊

Emoji
✂️ ✂️ 🎬️

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