sutchkin
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Scots[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse systkin (“siblings”). Compare Danish søskende, Faroese, Icelandic systkin, Norwegian Bokmål søsken and Swedish syskon.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sutchkin (plural sutchkins)
- (Shetland) sibling (brother and sister)
- 1952, John J. Hunter, Taen wi da Trow, page 211:
- He wis just laek his sutchkins.
- He was just like his siblings.
- (Shetland) cousins, near relatives in general
Further reading[edit]
- “sutchkin” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
- “sutchkin” in John J Graham, The Shetland Dictionary, Lerwick: Shetland Times Ltd, 1979, →ISBN.