jultomte

Swedish

noun

Definitions

Father Christmas, a Christmas-time gift-bearer

Etymology

Compound from Swedish jul (Christmas) + Swedish tomte.

Origin

Swedish

tomte

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Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

tonttu Finnish
jul Swedish
julafton Swedish
julas Swedish
juldag Swedish
julgran Swedish
julkalender Swedish
julmust Swedish
julsångare Swedish
tomte Swedish
iūl Old Swedish