kǫngull
Appearance
See also: köngull
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *geng-, *gong- (“lump”), see also Lithuanian gungulỹs (“ball”), Ancient Greek γογγύλος (gongúlos, “round”), Latin conucla (“staff for holding flax, wool, etc.”). However, Pokorny instead suggests *gengʰ- (“to turn, wind, braid, weave”), the source of English kink.[1]
Noun
[edit]kǫngull m (genitive -, plural kǫnglar)
Derived terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- Entry "köngull" on page 257 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “380”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 380