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.

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).