Etymograph

English

sloyd

Sloyd comes from Swedish slöjd ‘handicraft, handiwork, skills’, from Old Norse slœgð ‘trick, sleight, slyness’, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *slōgiþō.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*slōgiþōreconstructed
  2. Old Norsec. 800–1350slœgð‘trick, sleight, slyness’
  3. Old Swedishmodernsløghþ
  4. Swedishmodernslöjd‘handicraft, handiwork, skills’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1910sloyd

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*slōgiþōreconstructed
  2. Old Norsec. 800–1350slœgð‘trick, sleight, slyness’
  3. Old Swedishmodernsløghþ
  4. Swedishmodernslöjd‘handicraft, handiwork, skills’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1910sloyd

Earliest quotation: 1910, William Noyes, Handwork in Wood: “The sloyd knife, Fig. 84, is a tool likely…”

Linked words

through Old Norse slœgð ‘trick, sleight, slyness’

sleight, 3 more

Today it means

noun A Scandinavian system of handicraft-based education that emphasizes the importance of practical, hands-on work to develop cognitive and problem-solving skills. In particular, it is often associated with woodworking and carving, but can include other crafts as well.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *slōgiþō / sloyd

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