sutchkin

Scots

FWOTD – 23 October 2022

Alternative forms

søskin, sötskin, sutshkin

Etymology

From Old Norse systkin (“siblings”). Compare Danish søskende, Faroese, Icelandic systkin, Norwegian Bokmål søsken and Swedish syskon.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsøtʃkɪn/

Noun

sutchkin (plural sutchkins)

(Shetland) sibling (brother and sister)
- 1952, John J. Hunter, Taen wi da Trow, page 211:
  He wis just laek his sutchkins.
  He was just like his siblings.
(Shetland) cousins, near relatives in general

Further reading

“sutchkin” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
“sutchkin” in John J Graham, The Shetland Dictionary, Lerwick: Shetland Times Ltd, 1979, →ISBN.

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