jökull

See also: Jökull and jǫkull

Icelandic

FWOTD – 3 February 2013

Etymology

From Old Norse jǫkull, from Proto-Germanic *jekulaz. Diminutive of jaki (“a piece of ice, broken ice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjœːkʏtl/

  Rhymes: -œːkʏtl

Noun

jökull m (genitive singular jökuls, nominative plural jöklar)

1. glacier
   • 1886, Benedikt Gröndal, Sagan af Heljarslóðarorrustu:

     Þar er klofsnjór á sumrum, en jökull á vetrum.

     There is hip-deep snow in summer, but glacier in winter.

Hyponyms

• Vatnajökull

Derived terms

• jökulhlaup
• jökulsá

Related terms

• jaki

Descendants

• → Danish: jøkel
  • Norwegian Bokmål: jøkel
• → English: jokul
• → Swedish: jökel

Further reading

• jökull on the Icelandic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^is