stígvél

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Etymology

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Attested from mid-16th century. Via Middle Low German stevel or Danish støvle, from Italian stivale (a boot), from Old French estival, of ultimate Latin uncertain origin; altered by association with stíga (to step).[1] Cognate with German Stiefel.

A cognate with (or possibly derived from) the obsolete Old Icelandic stýfill (boot), from Middle Low German.

Belief that it derives from the Icelandic verb stíga (to step) and vél (a machine) similar to borvél (a drill; literally a drilling machine), eldavél (a cooking stove; literally a cooking machine) and þvottavél (washing machine) is a folk etymology.[1] This may be inferred from the fact that stígvél is a neuter noun while vél and the other compounds listed are feminine nouns.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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stígvél n (genitive singular stígvéls, nominative plural stígvél)

  1. a boot

Declension

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    Declension of stígvél
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative stígvél stígvélið stígvél stígvélin
accusative stígvél stígvélið stígvél stígvélin
dative stígvéli stígvélinu stígvélum stígvélunum
genitive stígvéls stígvélsins stígvéla stígvélanna

Derived terms

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 “Archived copy”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], 2011 March 14 (last accessed), archived from the original on 18 July 2013

Further reading

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