timburmaður

Icelandic

Etymology

From timbur (“timber”) +‎ maður (“man”). The sense ‘hangover’ is a Semantic loan from Danish tømmermænd (“a hangover”). The oldest attestation of timburmenn in the sense "hangover" in the Orðabók Háskólans is from an issue of Fjallkonan from 1891^[1] which goes as follows:

Margar tegundir kaffibrauðs ... fínasta Scotch Whisky, hið eina í bænum sem enginn fær af hina leiðu timbrmenn.

Many types of bakery products ... the finest Scotch Whiskey, the only one in town that does not result in the dreaded hangover.

The literal meaning of ‘carpenter’, however, is far older.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtʰɪmpʏrˌmaːðʏr/

Noun

timburmaður m (genitive singular timburmanns, nominative plural timburmenn)

(used in the plural) a hangover
Synonym: þynnka
(dated) carpenter, woodworker
Synonyms: smiður, trésmiður, húsasmiður, snikkari

Declension

Declension of *timburmaður* (masculine irreg-stem, based on maður)
	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	timburmaður	timburmaðurinn	timburmenn	timburmennirnir
accusative	timburmann	timburmanninn	timburmenn	timburmennina
dative	timburmanni	timburmanninum	timburmönnum	timburmönnunum
genitive	timburmanns	timburmannsins	timburmanna	timburmannanna

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Icelandic Web of Science: Hvaðan kemur orðið timburmenn? (“Where does the word timburmenn come from?”)

[visinda-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Icelandic Web of Science: Hvaðan kemur orðið timburmenn? (“Where does the word timburmenn come from?”)

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