slöjd

noun

A system of handicraft-based education started in Finland in 1865 and later adopted worldwide.

OriginSwedish slöjd ← Old Swedish sløghþ ← Old Norse slœgð →
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Meanings

nounslöjd (uncountable)

alternative slojd · alternative sloyd

  1. uncountableA system of handicraft-based education started in Finland in 1865 and later adopted worldwide.

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*slōgiþō
  2. Old Norseslœgð
  3. Old Swedishsløghþ
  4. Swedishslöjd“sleight of hand, skilled or crafty”
  5. Englishslöjd

Borrowed from Swedish slöjd (“sleight of hand, skilled or crafty”), from Old Swedish sløghþ, from Old Norse slœgð, from Proto-Germanic *slōgiþō, from *slōgiz (“cunning”) (whence English sly). Doublet of sleight and sly.

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Translations

Danish sløjd
  • sløjdsystem of handicraft-based education started in Finland
Polish slojd
  • slojdsystem of handicraft-based education started in Finland
Swedish slöjd
  • slöjdsystem of handicraft-based education started in Finland
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Chicago

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