Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse oxi, uxi, from Proto-Germanic *uhsô, from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn (bull) with the prefix jötun-.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈjœːtʰʏnʏxsɪ/

Noun edit

jötunuxi m (genitive singular jötunuxa, nominative plural jötunuxar)

  1. hairy rove beetle, Creophilus maxillosus

Declension edit