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).

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