jökel
Swedish
noun
Definitions
- glacier
- ice sheet
Etymology
Derived from Icelandic jökull (glacier) derived from Old Norse jǫkull (glacier, icicle, ice).
Origin
Old Norse
jǫkull
Gloss
glacier, icicle, ice
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
氷
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- icicle English
- ickle English
- jokul English
- jøkel Norwegian Bokmål
- *jekulaz Proto-Germanic
- jøkul Norwegian Nynorsk
- ikil Middle English
- jaki Old Norse
- jǫklagangr Old Norse
- jǫklavatn Old Norse
- jǫklaðr Old Norse
- jǫkulkaldr Old Norse
- jǫkull Old Norse
- jǫkulvatn Old Norse
- Eyjafjallajökull Icelandic
- jöklaklukka Icelandic
- jöklasóley Icelandic
- jökulhlaup Icelandic
- jökull Icelandic
- jøkul Faroese
- Iesjökel German Low German
- Jökel German Low German