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

  1. talkative[1], cheerful, brave[2]
  2. (of colour) beautiful

References
  1. Fältskytt, Gunnar, Ordbok över lövångersmålet, 2007, →ISBN, →ISBN, page 279
  2. 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
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