jotun

English

/ˈjəʊtʊn/

noun

Definitions

(Norse mythology) A member of a race of giants who usually stand in opposition to the Æsir and especially to Thor.

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse jǫtunn (jotun, giant) derived from Proto-Germanic *etunaz (giant, glutton).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*etunaz

Gloss

giant, glutton

Concept

Semantic Field

Food and drink

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

jotuni Finnish
ётун Russian
*h₁ed- Proto-Indo-European
*etunaz Proto-Germanic
eoten Old English
Jǫtunheimr Old Norse
jǫtunn Old Norse
jætte Danish
jötunn Icelandic
jøtun Faroese
eteninne Middle Low German
*iatul Old Swedish
iætun Old Swedish
getu Westrobothnian