hjól

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hjól, from Proto-Germanic *hweulō (plural of *hwehwlą, whence hvæl), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷléh₂, plural of *kʷekʷlóm, *kʷékʷlos (wheel). Compare Old English hwēol, Old Saxon hwiol, Old Frisian hwēl.

Pronunciation

Noun

hjól n (genitive singular hjóls, plural hjól)

  1. a wheel
  2. (of a bicycle or car) a tyre/tire

Declension

Declension of hjól
n3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hjól hjólið hjól hjólini
accusative hjól hjólið hjól hjólini
dative hjóli hjólinum hjólum hjólunum
genitive hjóls hjólsins hjóla hjólanna

References

  1. ^ Árnason, Kristján (2011) The Phonology of Icelandic and Faroese (The Phonology of the World's Languages), Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 116

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hjól, originally the plural of hvel.

Pronunciation

Noun

hjól n (genitive singular hjóls, nominative plural hjól)

  1. a wheel
  2. (of a bicycle or car) a tire
  3. a bike (short for reiðhjól)

Declension

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hweulō (plural of *hwehwlą, whence hvél), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷléh₂, plural of *kʷekʷlóm, *kʷékʷlos (wheel). Compare Old English hwēol, Old Saxon hwiol, Old Frisian hwēl.

Noun

hjól n

  1. wheel

Declension

Descendants

  • Icelandic: hjól
  • Faroese: hjól
  • Norwegian: hjul
  • Norn: hurl
  • Elfdalian: juol
  • Old Swedish: hiūl, hiughl
  • Danish: hjul

References

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press