hnykill

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse hnykill. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈn̥ɪːcɪtl/ Rhymes: -ɪːcɪtl === Noun === hnykill m (genitive singular hnykils, nominative plural hnyklar) ball of yarn ==== Declension ==== == Old Norse == === Etymology === Likely related to hnakki (“nape of the neck”), of a group of *hn- words ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *hnakkô. === Noun === hnykill m (genitive hnykils, plural hnyklar) knot, tumor ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: hnykill Norwegian Nynorsk: nykle Danish: nøgle === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “hnykill”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 558-59