jǫkull
Old Norse
noun
Definitions
- icicle
- ice
- glacier
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *jekulaz suffix from Old Norse jaki (piece of ice etc, broken ice, a piece of ice, piece of ice).
Origin
Old Norse
jaki
Gloss
piece of ice etc, broken ice, a piece of ice, piece of ice
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- jokul English
- *gel- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰengʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- jøkel Norwegian Bokmål
- *jekulaz Proto-Germanic
- *jekô Proto-Germanic
- *jikilaz Proto-Germanic
- jökel Swedish
- jøkul Norwegian Nynorsk
- gicel Old English
- ġiċel Old English
- gangr Old Norse
- jakafǫr Old Norse
- jaki Old Norse
- jǫklagangr Old Norse
- jǫklavatn Old Norse
- jǫklaðr Old Norse
- jǫkulkaldr Old Norse
- jǫkulvatn Old Norse
- kaldr Old Norse
- vatn Old Norse
- Eyjafjallajökull Icelandic
- jaki Icelandic
- jöklaklukka Icelandic
- jöklasóley Icelandic
- jökulhlaup Icelandic
- jökull Icelandic
- jøkul Faroese
- jeka Westrobothnian
- Jökel German Low German