stígvél

Icelandic

Etymology

Attested from mid-16th century. Via Middle Low German stevel or Danish støvle, from Italian stivale (a boot), from Old French estival, of ultimate Latin uncertain origin; altered by association with stíga (to step).[1]

Belief that it derives from the Icelandic verb stíga (to step) and vél (a machine) similar to borvél (a drill; literally a drilling machine), eldavél (a cooking stove; literally a cooking machine) and þvottavél (washing machine) is a folk etymology.[1] This may be inferred from the fact that stígvél is a neuter noun while vél and the other compounds listed are feminine nouns.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstiɣ.vjɛːl/

Noun

stígvél n (genitive singular stígvéls, nominative plural stígvél)

  1. a boot

Declension

Derived terms

  • stígvélahanki (a bootstrap)
  • gúmmistígvél
  • herstígvél
  • regnstígvél

References

  1. “Archived copy”, in (Please provide the title of the work), accessed 14 March 2011, archived from the original on 18 July 2013

Further reading

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