spräker
See also: Spraker
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse sprækr (“nimble, lively”) from Proto-Germanic *sprēkiz (“lively”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pereg- (“to strew, jerk, sprinkle, scatter”). Cognates include English spry, sprey, dialectal Swedish sprygg (“brisk, very active, skittish”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sprɛ́ːkʲe̞ɾ]
- Rhymes: -ɛr
Adjective
spräker
- talkative[1], cheerful, brave[2]
- (of colour) beautiful
References
- Fältskytt, Gunnar, Ordbok över lövångersmålet, 2007, →ISBN, →ISBN, page 279
- Rietz, Johan Ernst, “SPRÄKER”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 662