jarl
Old Norse
noun
Definitions
- (poetic) A highborn, noble man or warrior.
- earl (in dignity next to the king)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Norse ᛖᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ inherited from Proto-Germanic *erlaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*erlaz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- earl English
- earldom English
- earlship English
- jarl English
- jarldom English
- jaarli Finnish
- ярл Russian
- *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- jarl Norwegian Bokmål
- *erlaz Proto-Germanic
- *erōną Proto-Germanic
- jarl Norwegian Nynorsk
- eorl Old English
- erle Middle English
- iarla Irish
- borinn Old Norse
- dóttir Old Norse
- jarlborinn Old Norse
- jarldómr Old Norse
- jarlsdóttir Old Norse
- jarlsnafn Old Norse
- nafn Old Norse
- jarl Icelandic
- jarlsfrú Icelandic
- iarll Welsh
- ban-iarla Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- iarla Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- jallur Faroese
- ерл Macedonian
- erl Old Saxon
- yurl Cornish
- yurlys Cornish
- ᛖᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ Proto-Norse