köken: From Middle High German vil līchte (“very easily”), thus: “what could easily happen”. Compare the same in German Low German villicht, Dutch wellicht, Saterland Frisian fielicht.
maybe; perhaps; probably (expresses a possibility or assumption)
köken: From Middle Persian šʾ(d)yt’ (šāyēd, “one can, it is possible”), grammaticalized form of the third person singular indicative form of the verb šʾd-stn’ (šāyistan, “to be able, to be worthy”) (whence Persian شایستن (šāyistan)), further from Proto-Iranian *xšáyati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáyati (“he rules, he has power over”) (whence Sanskrit क्षयति (kṣáyati)), probably from Proto-Indo-European…
köken: From Middle Dutch misscien, meschien, maschien, short for (het) mach schien (“(it) may happen”), equivalent to mag + geschieden. Compare with Danish måske.
köken: From kan (“can, may”) + ske (“happen, occur”), less commonly used similar constructions include kanhända, måhända, törhända, and Danish måske. Compare Elfdalian kanstji, Norwegian kanskje, Icelandic kannski, and Faroese kanska.
[Kan] jag älska henne nu, då hon har [givit] sig åt en främmande man? Eller kanske åt flera…
Trots allt var jag en god medsoldat och skulle kanske kunna bli en ännu bättre.
köken: Shortened from találom (“I think, I believe”, literally “I find it [to be in some way]”), the first-person present tense form of the verb talál (“to find”). Compare hiszen.