jǫkull

See also: jökull and Jökull

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *jekulaz, *jikilaz, diminutive of jaki, so akin to jaki +‎ -ill.

Noun

jǫkull m (genitive jǫkuls, plural jǫklar)

Declension

Declension of jǫkull (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	jǫkull	jǫkullinn	jǫklar	jǫklarnir
accusative	jǫkul	jǫkulinn	jǫkla	jǫklana
dative	jǫkli	jǫklinum	jǫklum	jǫklunum
genitive	jǫkuls	jǫkulsins	jǫkla	jǫklanna

Descendants

Icelandic: jökull
- → Danish: jøkel
  - Norwegian Bokmål: jøkel
- → English: jokul
- → Swedish: jökel
Faroese: jøkul, jøkil
Norwegian Nynorsk: jøkul, jøkle; (dialectal) jukul
Old Swedish: īkil
- Swedish: ickel (dialectal)
Old Danish: egle
- ⇒ Danish: jisegel (dialectal)

References

jökull in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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