geol
Old English
noun
Definitions
- Yuletide, Christmas
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *jehwlą (festivity, yule, celebration, Yule) derived from Proto-Indo-European *yekə- (joke, play).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*yekə-
Gloss
joke, play
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
😜
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *gaudivus Latin
- gaudeō Latin
- ἰωβηλαῖος Ancient Greek
- *yekə- Proto-Indo-European
- jul Norwegian Bokmål
- *jehwlą Proto-Germanic
- *jiulijaz Proto-Germanic
- jol Norwegian Nynorsk
- jul Norwegian Nynorsk
- geola Old English
- tīd Old English
- ġeōl Old English
- jól Old Norse
- jul Danish
- joli Old French
- jól Icelandic
- jól Faroese
- 𐌾𐌹𐌿𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃 Gothic
- *juhla Proto-Finnic
- iūl Old Swedish
- joulu Ingrian