kannski
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably borrowed from Danish kanske (“perhaps”),[1] though related to it regardless. Other cognates include Faroese kanska, Norwegian Nynorsk kanskje, Norwegian Bokmål kanskje, Swedish kanske.
Adverb
[edit]kannski
References
[edit]- ^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “kannski”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
Further reading
[edit]- “kannski” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)