Faroese

Noun

hjól n (genitive singular hjóls, plural hjól)

1. a wheel
2. (of a bicycle or car) a tire

Declension

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hjól.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /çouːl/
• Rhymes: -ouːl

Noun

hjól n ‎(genitive singular hjóls, nominative plural hjól)

1. a wheel
2. (of a bicycle or car) a tire
3. a bike (short for reiðhjól)

Declension

Derived terms

• varahjól

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hweulō (plural of *hwehwlą, whence Old Norse hvél), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷléh₂, plural of *kʷekʷlóm, *kʷékʷlos ‎(“wheel”). Compare Old English hwēol, Old Saxon hwiol, Old Frisian hwēl.

Noun

hjól n

1. wheel

Descendants

• Danish: hjul
• Icelandic: hjól
• Norwegian: hjul
• Swedish: hjul

References

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press