ígull
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *igilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰis (“hedgehog”).
Noun
ígull m
- sea-urchin
Descendants
- Icelandic: ígull
- Faroese: igulker, igulkøttur
- Norwegian: igle
- Old Swedish: igil-
- Swedish: igel, igelkott
- Danish: igle
- Old Norman: Igle-, Ingle- (in placenames)
References
- Entry "ígull" on page 230 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).