skiftlås
Swedish
noun
Definitions
- (typewriting) Caps Lock, shift lock key on typewriters, or often also caps lock (a lock for the shift key); the caps lock key. Usually referred to as caps lock in Swedish.
Etymology
Compound from Swedish skifta (change, vary, exchange, shift) + Swedish lås.
Origin
Swedish
lås
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- blixtlås Swedish
- hamnskiftare Swedish
- lås Swedish
- låssmed Swedish
- skifta Swedish
- skiftlåstangent Swedish
- skifttangent Swedish
- tangent Swedish
- láss Old Norse