kol
Swedish
/koːl/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) carbon
- (uncountable) coal, either rock or charcoal
- (countable) a piece of coal
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse kol derived from Proto-Germanic *kulą (coal) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʷol-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʷol-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- зола Russian
- *gʷol- Proto-Indo-European
- kull Norwegian Bokmål
- *kulą Proto-Germanic
- dioxid Swedish
- gruva Swedish
- kolare Swedish
- koldioxid Swedish
- kolgruva Swedish
- kolmila Swedish
- kolmonoxid Swedish
- koloxid Swedish
- kolsyra Swedish
- koltrast Swedish
- mila Swedish
- monoxid Swedish
- oxid Swedish
- syra Swedish
- trast Swedish
- kol Norwegian Nynorsk
- col Old English
- kol Old Norse
- kul Danish
- kulilte Danish
- kulstof Danish
- kol Icelandic
- kol Old High German
- gúal Old Irish
- kōle Middle Low German