skunkur

Icelandic

Etymology

From English skunk, from Abenaki segôgw (“skunk”, literally “he who squirts (musk) / urinates”), from Proto-Algonquian *šeka·kwa, from *šek- (“to urinate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskuŋ̊kʏr/
• Rhymes: -uŋ̊kʏr

Noun

skunkur m (genitive singular skunks, nominative plural skunkar)

1. skunk

References

• “skunkur” in: Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)