röigg
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse hryggr, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krewk- (“to turn, bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrʏkː/, /ˈrʏɪ̯kː/, /ˈrɪkː/
Noun
röigg m (definite singular röiddjen, definite plural röiddja)
- (anatomy) Back.
- (architecture) A slender sapling of spruce or juniper, with which the roof-wood is held together on the ridgepole by such saplings entering through the holes drilled at the top end of the roof-wood.