different between skilling vs killing

English

Etymology 1

From skill (verb).

Verb

skilling

1. present participle of skill

Etymology 2

From Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish skilling. Doublet of shilling.

Noun

skilling (plural skillings)

1. (historical) A Scandinavian monetary unit and coin up to the 19th century. (A subdivision of the Swedish riksdaler, the Danish and Norwegian rigsdaler and speciedaler).

Etymology 3

Compare sheeling.

Noun

skilling (plural skillings)

1. A bay of a barn.
2. A small addition to a cottage.

Anagrams

• killings

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse skillingr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skelen?/, [?s??el?e?]

Noun

skilling c (singular definite skillingen, plural indefinite skillinger)

1. skilling (A Scandinavian monetary unit and coin up to the 19th century.)
2. small donation

Inflection

Synonyms

(small donation): skærv

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse skillingr, from Proto-Germanic *skillingaz. Akin to English shilling. Doublet of schilling and shilling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???l???/

Noun

skilling m (definite singular skillingen, indefinite plural skillingar, definite plural skillingane)

1. (numismatics) shilling (A Scandinavian monetary unit and coin up to the 19th century.)
2. a coin (any coin)
   • 1856, Ivar Aasen, Norske Ordsprog:

     Ein Skilling, som er spard, er tvo Gonger tent.

     A shilling that is saved, is twice earned.

Further reading

• “skilling” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish skillinger, from Old Norse skillingr, from Proto-Germanic *skillingaz, the same source of English shilling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???l???/

Noun

skilling c

1. skilling (coin)

Declension

References

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

Anagrams

• killings

English

Etymology

From kill +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?l.??/
• Rhymes: -?l??

Verb

killing

1. present participle of kill

   This work is killing me.

Adjective

killing (comparative more killing, superlative most killing)

1. That literally deprives of life; lethal, deadly, fatal.
2. Devastatingly attractive.
   • 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 5:

     He sprang to open the door for the ladies, when they retired, with the most killing grace ...

3. That makes one ‘die’ with laughter; very funny.
   • 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 471:

     Livia found her ‘killing’, and derived such amusement from her Martinique French that he was forced to enjoy her as well.

Translations

Noun

killing (countable and uncountable, plural killings)

1. An instance of someone being killed.
2. (informal, usually as make a killing) A large amount of money.

   He made a killing on the stock market.

Derived terms

Translations

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse ketlingr, diminutive form of ketta (“cat”). Cognate with Swedish källing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kilen?/, [?k?ile?]

Noun

killing c (singular definite killingen, plural indefinite killinger)

1. kitten (young cat)
2. leveret (young hare)

Inflection

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse kiðlingr.

Noun

killing m (definite singular killingen, indefinite plural killinger, definite plural killingene)

1. a goatling

Derived terms

• geitekilling

References

• “killing” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse kiðlingr.

Noun

killing m (definite singular killingen, indefinite plural killingar, definite plural killingane)

1. a goatling

Derived terms

• geitekilling

References

• “killing” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish kiþlinger, from Old Norse kiðlingr, corresponding to kid (now fawn, before all baby animals) +? -ling (diminutive suffix).

Noun

killing c

1. a kid (young goat)

Declension

See also

• källing