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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse fífill.
Pronunciation
Noun
fífill m (genitive singular fífils, nominative plural fíflar)
- dandelion (genus Taraxacum)
Declension
Declension of fífill (masculine)
Derived terms
See also
Old Norse
Etymology
Probably from an altered form of fífl (“monster, giant; idiot”), with hypothetical pre-form *fimflaz, referring to the flower's "expended" spherical buds.[1][2]
Noun
fífill m (genitive fífils, plural fíflar)
- dandelion
Declension
Declension of fífill (strong a-stem)
Descendants
References
- ^ de Vries, Jan (1977) “fífill”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 119
- ^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “fífill”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
Further reading
- “fífill”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press