hnjúkur

Icelandic

Alternative forms

• hnúkur

Etymology

Likely related to hnakki (“nape of the neck”), of a group of *hn- words ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *hnakkô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈn̥juːkʏr/
• Rhymes: -uːkʏr

Noun

hnjúkur m (genitive singular hnjúks, nominative plural hnjúkar)

1. mountain peak

References

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “558-59”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 558-59