sicken
Meaning
- (Germany, Western, colloquial, regional, weak) to piss
- (Germany, Western, colloquial, regional, weak) to be annoyed; to be pissed off; to complain
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈzɪkən/
Etymology
In summary
From Central Franconian secke (“to piss”), from Proto-West Germanic *saikijan, whence also archaic German seichen. The Central Franconian -ck- may be irregular or may be from a geminated variant Proto-Germanic *sikkōną (compare German sickern). The figurative sense “to be annoyed, to complain” is also found in cognate Dutch zeiken. Compare English pissed off.
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