hjul

From Old Norse hjól, hvél, from Proto-Germanic *hwehwlą, cognate with Norwegian hjul, Swedish hjul, and English wheel. The Germanic noun originates from Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷlóm, *kʷékʷlos (“wheel”), which is also the source of Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos) (cf. cyclus) and Sanskrit चक्र (cakrá) (cf. chakra).

• IPA^(key): [juːˀl]
• Homophone: jul

hjul n (singular definite hjulet, plural indefinite hjul)

1. wheel

From Old Norse hjól, Proto-Germanic *hwehwlą, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷlóm, *kʷékʷlos (“wheel”).

• IPA^(key): /jʉːl/, /jʉːɽ/
• Homophone: jul
• Rhymes: -ʉːɽ

hjul n (definite singular hjulet, indefinite plural hjul, definite plural hjula or hjulene)

1. a wheel

• “hjul” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse hjól, Proto-Germanic *hwehwlą, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷlóm, *kʷékʷlos (“wheel”).

• IPA^(key): /jʉːl/
• Homophone: jul

hjul n (definite singular hjulet, indefinite plural hjul, definite plural hjula)

1. a wheel

• “hjul” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Swedish hiul, hiughl, from Old Norse hvél, hjól, from Proto-Germanic *hwehwlą, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷlóm, *kʷékʷlos (“wheel”).

• IPA^(key): /jʉːl/

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• Homophone: jul
• Rhymes: -ʉːl

hjul n

1. a wheel; a circular device capable of rotating on its axis

• hjul in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)