jatuli

Finnish

pronunciation

Definitions

(Finnish mythology) A member of a race of giants.
(rare) jotun giant in Scandinavian mythology

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Swedish *iatul derived from Old Norse jǫtunn (jotun, giant).

Origin

Old Norse

jǫtunn

Gloss

jotun, giant

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

jotun English
jatulinpatsas Finnish
jatulintarha Finnish
jotuni Finnish
patsas Finnish
tarha Finnish
ётун Russian
*etunaz Proto-Germanic
jätte Swedish
Jǫtunheimr Old Norse
jǫtunn Old Norse
jætte Danish
jötunn Icelandic
jøtun Faroese
*iatul Old Swedish
iætun Old Swedish
getu Westrobothnian