hnykill
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hnykill m (genitive singular hnykils, nominative plural hnyklar)
Declension edit
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
Likely related to hnakki (“nape of the neck”), of a group of *hn- words ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *hnakkô.
Noun edit
hnykill m (genitive hnykils, plural hnyklar)
Declension edit
Declension of hnykill (strong a-stem)
| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | hnykill | hnykillinn | hnyklar | hnyklarnir |
| accusative | hnykil | hnykilinn | hnykla | hnyklana |
| dative | hnykli | hnyklinum | hnyklum | hnyklunum |
| genitive | hnykils | hnykilsins | hnykla | hnyklanna |
Descendants edit
References edit
- “hnykill”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “558-59”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 558-59