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unken

“unken” is a Swedish word. Its meaning in English:

adjective

  1. musty, fusty, stale

Etymology

Uncertain. Proposals have been made connecting it with Proto-Indo-European *wegʷ- (“wet; moist”) (and thus Ancient Greek ὑγρός (hugrós) and Latin ūvidus), or with the Proto-Indo-European root behind Ancient Greek ἀδήν (adḗn) and Latin inguen.

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