tungl

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse tungl (moon), from Proto-Germanic *tunglą.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tungl n (genitive singular tungls, nominative plural tungl)

  1. a moon
  2. a satellite

Declension

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    Declension of tungl
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tungl tunglið tungl tunglin
accusative tungl tunglið tungl tunglin
dative tungli tunglinu tunglum tunglunum
genitive tungls tunglsins tungla tunglanna

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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See also

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Solar System in Icelandic · Sólkerfið (layout · text)
Star Sólin
IAU planets and
notable dwarf planets
Merkúr Venus Jörðin Mars Seres Júpíter Satúrnus Úranus Neptúnus Plútó Eris
Notable
moons
Tunglið Fóbos
Deimos
Íó
Evrópa
Ganýmedes
Kallistó
Mímas
Enkeladus
Teþis
Díóne
Rea
Títan
Japetus

Míranda
Aríel
Úmbríel
Títanía
Óberon
Tríton Karon Dysnómía

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *tunglą, cognate with Old High German *zungal (see there) and Old English tungol. Further etymology unknown; Pokorny reconstructs a PIE root *dengh- "to shine" just from this Germanic word and a Baltic word for "to seem, to appear" (Lithuanian diñga).

Noun

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tungl n

  1. moon
  2. heavenly body

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: tungl
  • Faroese: tungl
  • Elfdalian: tunggel
  • Old Swedish: tungel
    • Swedish: (dated, dialectal) tungel

References

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  • tungl”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson, An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1874, s.v. "tungl".