hnjúkur
Icelandic edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Likely related to hnakki (“nape of the neck”), of a group of *hn- words ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *hnakkô.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hnjúkur m (genitive singular hnjúks, nominative plural hnjúkar)
Declension edit
declension of hnjúkur
References edit
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “558-59”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 558-59