hnykill

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hnykill

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈn̥ɪːcɪtl/
• Rhymes: -ɪːcɪtl

Noun

hnykill m (genitive singular hnykils, nominative plural hnyklar)

1. ball of yarn

Old Norse

Etymology

Likely related to hnakki (“nape of the neck”), of a group of *hn- words ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *hnakkô.

Noun

hnykill m (genitive hnykils, plural hnyklar)

1. knot, tumor

Declension

  Declension of hnykill (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hnykill	hnykillinn	hnyklar	hnyklarnir
accusative	hnykil	hnykilinn	hnykla	hnyklana
dative	hnykli	hnyklinum	hnyklum	hnyklunum
genitive	hnykils	hnykilsins	hnykla	hnyklanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: hnykill
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nykle
• Danish: nøgle

References

• “hnykill”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “558-59”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 558-59