íkorni

From Old Norse íkorni, from Proto-Germanic *aikwernô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wer-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʊiːkɔtnɪ/

íkorni m (genitive singular íkorna, plural íkornar)

1. squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)

From Old Norse íkorni, from Proto-Germanic *aikwernô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wer-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːkʰɔrtnɪ/

íkorni m (genitive singular íkorna, nominative plural íkornar)

1. squirrel

• gráíkorni (“grey squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis”)
• rauðíkorni (“red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris”)

From Proto-Germanic *aikwernô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wer-. Compare Old English ācweorna, Old Saxon ēkhorn, Old High German eihhorno.

• (9th century West Norse, 12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈiːkornɪ̃/

íkorni m (genitive íkorna, plural íkornar)

1. squirrel

• Icelandic: íkorni
• Faroese: íkorni
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ikorn, ekorn; (dialectal) ikorre
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: ekorn, ikorn
• Jamtish: íkuðn
• Elfdalian: aikuonn
• Old Swedish: ēkorne, īkorne
  • Swedish: ekorre, (dialectal) ikorn
• Old Danish: īkærnæ
  • Danish: egern
    • Norwegian Bokmål: egern (Riksmål)
• Gutnish: eikånn
• Scanian: igarne