Icelandic

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Etymology

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From staða (position, stand) +‎ -all. Coined by Ólafur M. Ólafsson in 1955.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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staðall m (genitive singular staðals, nominative plural staðlar)

  1. standard

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  • Sapir, Yair, Zuckermann, Ghil'ad (2008) “Icelandic: Phonosemantic matching”, in Judith Rosenhouse & Rotem Kowner, editors, Globally speaking: Motives for adopting English vocabulary in other languages[1], Clevedon-Buffalo-Toronto: Multilingual Matters, pages 19–43