ungr

== Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *jungaz, whence also Old Saxon jung, Old English ġeong, Old High German junc, Gothic 𐌾𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍃 (juggs). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós. === Pronunciation === (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈũŋɡr/ === Adjective === ungr (comparative yngri, superlative yngstr) young ==== Declension ==== Two comparative and superlative stems exist. The older ǿr-, equivalent to Gothic 𐌾𐌿𐌷𐌹𐌶𐌰 (juhiza): and the younger yngr-, formed analogically: ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: ungur Faroese: ungur Norwegian Nynorsk: ung; (dialectal) ong Elfdalian: ungg Old Swedish: unger Swedish: ung Old Danish: ungær, ung Danish: ung Norwegian Bokmål: ung Gutnish: unggar Scanian: onger === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “ungr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive