ígull

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *igilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰis (“hedgehog”).

Noun

ígull m

1. sea urchin

Descendants

• Icelandic: ígull
• Faroese: igulker, igulkøttur
• Norwegian Bokmål: igle
• Old Swedish: igil-
  • Swedish: igel, igelkott
• Danish: igle

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “ígull”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 230; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

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