hnykill

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hnykill

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈn̥ɪːcɪtl/
• Rhymes: -ɪːcɪtl

Noun

hnykill m (genitive singular hnykils, nominative plural hnyklar)

1. ball of yarn

Declension

Declension of hnykill (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hnykill	hnykillinn	hnyklar	hnyklarnir
accusative	hnykil	hnykilinn	hnykla	hnyklana
dative	hnykli	hnyklinum	hnyklum	hnyklunum
genitive	hnykils	hnykilsins	hnykla	hnyklanna

Old Norse

Etymology

Likely related to hnakki (“nape of the neck”), of a group of *hn- words ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *hnakkô.

Noun

hnykill m (genitive hnykils, plural hnyklar)

1. knot, tumor

Declension

  Declension of hnykill (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hnykill	hnykillinn	hnyklar	hnyklarnir
accusative	hnykil	hnykilinn	hnykla	hnyklana
dative	hnykli	hnyklinum	hnyklum	hnyklunum
genitive	hnykils	hnykilsins	hnykla	hnyklanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: hnykill
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nykle
• Danish: nøgle

References

• “hnykill”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “558-59”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 558-59