jól
Old Norse
noun
Definitions
- yule, midwinter season
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
- Jolliffe English
- Yule English
- Yule log English
- Yulefest English
- Yulemonth English
- yuletide English
- *gaudivus Latin
- aggaudeo Latin
- congaudeo Latin
- gaudebundus Latin
- gaudeō Latin
- gaudibundus Latin
- pergaudeo Latin
- praegaudeo Latin
- supergaudeo Latin
- ἰωβηλαῖος Ancient Greek
- *yekə- Proto-Indo-European
- jul Norwegian Bokmål
- julaften Norwegian Bokmål
- juledag Norwegian Bokmål
- julegave Norwegian Bokmål
- julehilsen Norwegian Bokmål
- julekort Norwegian Bokmål
- julemat Norwegian Bokmål
- julemiddag Norwegian Bokmål
- julenisse Norwegian Bokmål
- julepresang Norwegian Bokmål
- julestemning Norwegian Bokmål
- julestrømpe Norwegian Bokmål
- juletid Norwegian Bokmål
- juletre Norwegian Bokmål
- *jehwlą Proto-Germanic
- *jeulō Proto-Germanic
- *jiulijaz Proto-Germanic
- jul Swedish
- jol Norwegian Nynorsk
- joletid Norwegian Nynorsk
- joletre Norwegian Nynorsk
- jul Norwegian Nynorsk
- juledag Norwegian Nynorsk
- julekort Norwegian Nynorsk
- julemat Norwegian Nynorsk
- julemiddag Norwegian Nynorsk
- julepresang Norwegian Nynorsk
- julestemning Norwegian Nynorsk
- juletid Norwegian Nynorsk
- juletre Norwegian Nynorsk
- geol Old English
- geola Old English
- tīd Old English
- ġeōl Old English
- joli Middle English
- yol Middle English
- yole Middle English
- jol Old Norse
- jul Danish
- julekalender Danish
- julekort Danish
- julelys Danish
- juletræ Danish
- joli Old French
- Jólaeyja Icelandic
- jól Icelandic
- jólabókaflóð Icelandic
- jólagjöf Icelandic
- jólaköttur Icelandic
- jólakúla Icelandic
- jólatré Icelandic
- jól Faroese
- jólakort Faroese
- jólamaður Faroese
- jólatræ Faroese
- joly Middle French
- *juhla Proto-Finnic
- iūl Old Swedish
- Yule Scots
- juulli Kalaallisut, Greenlandic
- joulu Ingrian