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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)
- a wheel
- (of a bicycle or car) a tyre/tire
Declension
References
- ^ 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)
- a wheel
- (of a bicycle or car) a tire
- a bike (short for reiðhjól)
Declension
Declension of hjól (neuter)
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
- wheel
Declension
Declension of hjól (strong a-stem)
Descendants
References
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press