hnjúkur
Appearance
Icelandic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Likely related to hnakki (“nape of the neck”), of a group of *hn- words ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *hnakkô.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hnjúkur m (genitive singular hnjúks, nominative plural hnjúkar)
Declension
[edit]References
[edit]- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “558-59”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 558-59