Gutnish

noun

Gut·​nish

ˈgütnish

variants or less commonly Gutnic

-nik

plural Gutnishes also Gutnics

: a Swedish dialect spoken on the island of Gotland

Word History

Etymology

German gutnisch, from Old Norse gotneskr, adjective, of Gotland

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