Slöjd

noun

Definitions

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

Etymology

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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