kengr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kengaz, from Proto-Germanic *keng- (“to turn”), of unknown origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gengʰ- (“to turn, twist, braid, weave”). Cognate with Dutch kink ("curl, kink"; > English kink), Middle Low German kinke (“spiral snail shell, twist in a rope”).

Noun

kengr m

  1. a horseshoe-formed crook
  2. bend, bight

Descendants

  • Icelandic: kengur
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kjeng
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kjeng

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kengr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 238; also available at the Internet Archive
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