ígull

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *igilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰis (“hedgehog”).

Noun

ígull m

  1. sea urchin

Descendants

  • Icelandic: ígull
  • Faroese: igulker, igulkøttur
  • Norwegian Bokmål: igle
  • Old Swedish: igil-
  • Danish: igle

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “ígull”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 230; also available at the Internet Archive
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