tungl

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Icelandic

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Etymology

From Old Norse tungl (moon), from Proto-Germanic *tunglą.

Pronunciation

Noun

tungl n (genitive singular tungls, nominative plural tungl)

  1. a moon
  2. a satellite

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See also

Solar System in Icelandic · Sólkerfið (layout · text)
Star Sólin
IAU planets and
notable dwarf planets
Merkúr Venus Jörðin Mars Seres Júpíter Satúrnus Úranus Neptúnus Plútó Eris
Notable
moons
Tunglið Fóbos
Deimos
Íó
Evrópa
Ganýmedes
Kallistó
Mímas
Enkeladus
Teþis
Díóne
Rea
Títan
Japetus

Míranda
Aríel
Úmbríel
Títanía
Óberon
Tríton Karon Dysnómía

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tunglą, cognate with Old High German *zungal (see there) and Old English tungol. Further etymology unknown; Pokorny reconstructs a PIE root *dengh- "to shine" just from this Germanic word and a Baltic word for "to seem, to appear" (Lithuanian diñga).

Noun

tungl n

  1. moon
  2. heavenly body

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Descendants

  • Icelandic: tungl
  • Faroese: tungl
  • Elfdalian: tunggel
  • Old Swedish: tungel
    • Swedish: (dated, dialectal) tungel

References

  • tungl”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson, An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1874, s.v. "tungl".