nystan
“nystan” is a Swedish word. Its meaning in English:
noun
Etymology
The noun ending -n was added in the 16th or 17th century. The older noun is the same as the verb, nysta (“to clew, roll yarn/thread into a ball”), from an Old Norse *hniusta. The root appears to exist in Old Norse nista, nesta, Danish næste (“to tack, to sew together”), in older related words knu-/hnu- and kniu-/hniu-, thus related to: Swedish knut (“knot”), knyta (“to tie, to knot”), English…
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