eldertongue

Old English · noun

scrutnung

Part of speech
noun, feminine
IPA
/ˈʃruːt.nunɡ/
[ˈʃruːt.nuŋɡ]
Syllables
ˈʃruːt · nunɡ (2 syllables)

Meaning

  1. an examination, investigation, inquiry, search

Etymology

Likely from Old High German scrodon, scruton (“inquiry, investigation”) (+ -ung), from Proto-Germanic *skrūdą, said to have come from Proto-Indo-European *skrew-. Related to Old English sċrūtnian (“to examine, scrutinize, consider, investigate”).

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