snigill

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse snigill, from Proto-Germanic *snigilaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsnɪːjɪtl/

Noun

snigill m (genitive singular snigils, nominative plural sniglar)

1. snail

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *snigilaz.

Noun

snigill m (genitive snigils, plural sniglar)

1. a snail

Declension

  Declension of snigill (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	snigill	snigillinn	sniglar	sniglarnir
accusative	snigil	snigilinn	snigla	sniglana
dative	snigli	sniglinum	sniglum	sniglunum
genitive	snigils	snigilsins	snigla	sniglanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: snigill
• Faroese: snigil
• Norwegian Nynorsk: snigel
• Norwegian Bokmål: snile
• Old Swedish: snighil
  • Swedish: snigel
• Old Danish: snigel, snæghæl
  • Danish: snegl
    • Norwegian Bokmål: snegl, snegle

References

• “snigill”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press