kǫngull
See also: köngull
Old Norse
Etymology
From a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *geng-, *gong- (“lump”), see also Lithuanian gungulỹs (“ball”), Ancient Greek γογγύλος (gongúlos, “round”), Latin conucla (“staff for holding flax, wool, etc.”). However, Pokorny instead suggests *gengʰ- (“to turn, wind, braid, weave”), the source of English kink.[1]
Noun
kǫngull m (genitive -, plural kǫnglar)
Derived terms
- vínberjakǫngull
Descendants
References
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “380”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 380
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “köngull”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 256; also available at the Internet Archive