brylling

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish bröþlunger, bryllunger (“father’s niece or nephew”), from broþir (“brother”) + -linger. When the word kusin was borrowed from French, the words syssling and brylling underwent a semantic shift from ”cousin” to ”second cousin” and ”third cousin”, respectively.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²brʏlɪŋ/

Noun

brylling c

  1. third cousin (great-grandchild of a great-grandparent's sibling)
    Synonym: fyrmänning
  2. (Finland) fifth cousin (great-great-great-grandchild of a great-great-great-grandparent's sibling)
    Synonym: sexmänning
  3. (obsolete) nephew
  4. (obsolete) the father's nephew, cousin on the father's side

Declension

Declension of brylling
nominative genitive
singular indefinite brylling bryllings
definite bryllingen bryllingens
plural indefinite bryllingar bryllingars
definite bryllingarna bryllingarnas

References

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