nyckel

 

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From Old Swedish nykil, lykil, from Old Norse lykill, from Proto-Germanic *lukilaz, from Proto-Germanic *lūkaną (“close”) + an instrumental suffix -il-. The n-sound has developed through dissimilation of l-l. Related to English lock, Swedish lock, lucka.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /²nʏkːɛl/

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nyckel c

1. a key (physical or abstract)

   Jag stoppade nyckeln i nyckelhålet och vred om

   I put the key in the keyhole and turned it [turned about]

• lås n (“lock”)

• nyckel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• nyckel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• nyckel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• cykeln