kol
Icelandic
/kʰɔːl/
noun
Definitions
- (usually) coal
- (in compounds) carbon chemical element
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse kol inherited from Proto-Germanic *kulą (coal) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʷol-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʷol-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- зола Russian
- *gʷol- Proto-Indo-European
- kull Norwegian Bokmål
- *kulą Proto-Germanic
- kol Swedish
- kol Norwegian Nynorsk
- col Old English
- kol Old Norse
- kul Danish
- efni Icelandic
- kolefni Icelandic
- kolkrabbi Icelandic
- kolsýra Icelandic
- krabbi Icelandic
- sýra Icelandic
- kol Old High German
- gúal Old Irish
- kōle Middle Low German