Elsinore
English
/ˈɛlsɪnɔː/, /ˈɛlsəˌnɔɹ/
proper noun
Definitions
- (city in northern Zealand). Its served as the setting for 's play .
Etymology
Borrowed from Danish Helsingør derived from Old Norse hals (neck) derived from Proto-Germanic *halsaz (neck, throat) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kólsos.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kólsos
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Hawes English
- Helsingör Finnish
- Elsinore Italian
- *kols- Proto-Indo-European
- *kolsos Proto-Indo-European
- *kólsos Proto-Indo-European
- hals Norwegian Bokmål
- *halsaz Proto-Germanic
- Helsingör Swedish
- hals Swedish
- hals Norwegian Nynorsk
- heals Old English
- hals Old Norse
- ᛋᚴᛅᚾᛘᛅᛚᛋ Old Norse
- Helsingør Danish
- frelse Danish
- hals Danish
- Helsingjaeyri Icelandic
- háls Icelandic
- hálsur Faroese
- 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐍃 Gothic
- *hals gmw-pro
- hars Westrobothnian