sjau

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃæʉ̯/, /ʃœʉ̯/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch.

Noun

sjau m (definite singular sjauen, indefinite plural sjauar, definite plural sjauane)

1. hard, toilsome work
2. fuss, noise

Verb

sjau

1. imperative of sjaue

Etymology 2

From Old Norse sjau, from Proto-Germanic *sebun, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.

Numeral

sjau

1. (dialectal, non-standard since 1901) seven

   Synonym: sju

References

• “sjau” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• Ivar Aasen (1850) “sjau”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog‎^[1] (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000

Anagrams

• sjua

Old Norse

Old Norse numbers ^(edit)

	70[a], [b]
←  6	7	8  →
Cardinal: sjau     Ordinal: sjaundi     Multiplier: sjaufaldr

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sebun (whence also Old English seofon, Old High German sibun, Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌱𐌿𐌽 (sibun)), from earlier *sebunt, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.

Numeral

sjau

1. (cardinal number) seven

Descendants

• Icelandic: sjö
• Faroese: sjey
• Norwegian Bokmål: sju
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sju, sjau (dialectal)
• Old Swedish: siu
  • Swedish: sju
• Old Danish: siu
  • Danish: syv
    • Norwegian Bokmål: syv
• Old Gutnish: siau

References

• “sjau”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press