kask

From Proto-Finnic *kaski (“swidden”), possibly an old loan from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-.

kask (genitive kase, partitive kaske)

1. birch

• kõiv

From Proto-Finnic *kaski.

kask

1. burnt field

• karsk

From Old Norse karskr.

• IPA^(key): /kask/

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• Rhymes: -ask
• Hyphenation: kask

kask m (definite singular kasken, indefinite plural kasker, definite plural kaskene)

1. Alternative spelling of karsk

• “kask” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

• kaks, sakk, skak

Borrowed from French casque, from Spanish casco.

• IPA^(key): /kask/

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• Rhymes: -ask
• Syllabification: kask

kask m inan

1. helmet (protective head covering)

• kask in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kask in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Possibly from karsk (“plucky”).

Cognate with Norwegian karsk.

kask c

1. (usually in compounds) coffee spiked with brännvin or brandy

• kaffekask

Borrowed from French casque, from Spanish casco. Cognate of English casque, Italian casco.

kask c

1. (chiefly historical) a protective helmet, generally brimmed in the front and back and spiked or crested
2. a protective helmet worn by police officers or firefighters

• kask in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kask in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kask in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• kask in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Borrowed from French casque.

kask (definite accusative kaskı, plural kasklar)

1. helmet

• kasuk

From earlier kasuk, an old borrowing from Russian кожух (kožux). Estonian kasukas, Finnish kasukka and Livonian kǭ'skõ have the same origin.

kask (genitive kaska, partitive kaskat)

1. coat (clothing)