hjól

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hjól, from Proto-Germanic *hweulō (plural of *hwehwlą, whence hvæl), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷléh₂, plural of *kʷekʷlóm, *kʷékʷlos (“wheel”). Compare Old English hwēol, Old Saxon hwiol, Old Frisian hwēl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃʰɔuːl]
• Rhymes: -ɔuːl

Noun

hjól n (genitive singular hjóls, plural hjól)

1. a wheel
2. (of a bicycle or car) a tyre/tire

Declension

n3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hjól	hjólið	hjól	hjólini
accusative	hjól	hjólið	hjól	hjólini
dative	hjóli	hjólinum	hjólum	hjólunum
genitive	hjóls	hjólsins	hjóla	hjólanna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hjól, originally the plural of hvel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /çouːl/
• Rhymes: -ouːl

Noun

hjól n (genitive singular hjóls, nominative plural hjól)

1. a wheel
2. (of a bicycle or car) a tire
3. a bike (short for reiðhjól)

Declension

Declension of hjól (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hjól	hjólið	hjól	hjólin
accusative	hjól	hjólið	hjól	hjólin
dative	hjóli	hjólinu	hjólum	hjólunum
genitive	hjóls	hjólsins	hjóla	hjólanna

Derived terms

• varahjól

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hweulō (plural of *hwehwlą, whence hvél), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷléh₂, plural of *kʷekʷlóm, *kʷékʷlos (“wheel”). Compare Old English hwēol, Old Saxon hwiol, Old Frisian hwēl.

Noun

hjól n

1. wheel

Declension

  Declension of hjól (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hjól	hjólit	hjól	hjólin
accusative	hjól	hjólit	hjól	hjólin
dative	hjóli	hjólinu	hjólum	hjólunum
genitive	hjóls	hjólsins	hjóla	hjólanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: hjól
• Faroese: hjól
• Norwegian: hjul
• Norn: hurl
• Elfdalian: juol
• Old Swedish: hiūl, hiughl
  • Swedish: hjul
• Danish: hjul

References

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press