hnjúkur
Icelandic
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editLikely related to hnakki (“nape of the neck”), of a group of *hn- words ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *hnakkô.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edithnjúkur m (genitive singular hnjúks, nominative plural hnjúkar)
Declension
editdeclension 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