kǫngull

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See also: köngull

Old Norse

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Etymology

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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

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kǫngull m (genitive -, plural kǫnglar)

  1. cluster, bunch

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Danish: kogle
  • Faroese: kongul
  • Icelandic: köngull
  • Norwegian (Nynorsk): kongle
  • Norwegian (Bokmål): kongle

References

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  • Entry "köngull" on page 257 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).
  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “380”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 380