kǫngull

See also: köngull

Old Norse

Etymology

From a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *geng-, *gong- (“lump”), see also Lithuanian gungulỹs (“ball”), Ancient Greek γογγύλος (gongúlos, “round”), Latin conucla (“staff for holding flax, wool, etc.”). However, Pokorny instead suggests *gengʰ- (“to turn, wind, braid, weave”), the source of English kink.[1]

Noun

kǫngull m (genitive -, plural kǫnglar)

  1. cluster, bunch

Derived terms
  • vínberjakǫngull

Descendants
  • Danish: kogle
  • Faroese: kongul
  • Icelandic: köngull
  • Norwegian (Nynorsk): kongle
  • Norwegian (Bokmål): kongle

References
  • Entry "köngull" on page 257 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 380, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 380
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