íkorni

See also: ikorni

Faroese

íkorni

íkorni

Etymology

From Old Norse íkorni, from Proto-Germanic *aikwernô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wer-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʊiːkɔtnɪ/

Noun

íkorni m (genitive singular íkorna, plural íkornar)

1. squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)

Declension

m1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	íkorni	íkornin	íkornar	íkornarnir
accusative	íkorna	íkornan	íkornar	íkornarnar
dative	íkorna	íkornanum	íkornum	íkornunum
genitive	íkorna	íkornans	íkorna	íkornanna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse íkorni, from Proto-Germanic *aikwernô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wer-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːkʰɔrtnɪ/

Noun

íkorni m (genitive singular íkorna, nominative plural íkornar)

1. squirrel

Declension

Declension of íkorni (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	íkorni	íkorninn	íkornar	íkornarnir
accusative	íkorna	íkornann	íkorna	íkornana
dative	íkorna	íkornanum	íkornum	íkornunum
genitive	íkorna	íkornans	íkorna	íkornanna

Derived terms

• gráíkorni (“grey squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis”)
• rauðíkorni (“red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris”)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aikwernô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wer-. Compare Old English ācweorna, Old Saxon ēkhorn, Old High German eihhorno.

Pronunciation

• (9th century West Norse, 12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈiːkornɪ̃/

Noun

íkorni m (genitive íkorna, plural íkornar)

1. squirrel

Declension

Declension of íkorni (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	íkorni	íkorninn	íkornar	íkornarnir
accusative	íkorna	íkornann	íkorna	íkornana
dative	íkorna	íkornanum	íkornium	íkorniunum
genitive	íkorna	íkornans	íkorna	íkornanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: íkorni
• Faroese: íkorni
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ikorn, ekorn; (dialectal) ikorre
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: ekorn, ikorn
• Jamtish: íkuðn
• Elfdalian: aikuonn
• Old Swedish: ēkorne, īkorne
  • Swedish: ekorre, (dialectal) ikorn
• Old Danish: īkærnæ
  • Danish: egern
    • Norwegian Bokmål: egern (Riksmål)
• Gutnish: eikånn
• Scanian: igarne