sjuk

Swedish

/ˈɧʉːk/

adj
Definitions
  • sick, ill having a disease
  • (colloquial) sick, disturbed, mentally unstable
  • sick in bad taste

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish siuker, siūker inherited from Old Norse sjúkr (sick, ill) inherited from Proto-Germanic *seukaz (sick).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*seukaz

Gloss

sick

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

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