stígvél
Icelandic
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Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]stígvél n (genitive singular stígvéls, nominative plural stígvél)
- a boot
Declension
[edit]| 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
[edit]- gúmmistígvél
- herstígvél
- regnstígvél
- stígvélahanki (“a bootstrap”)
References
[edit]- ↑ 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
[edit]- Icelandic terms derived from Middle Low German
- Icelandic terms derived from Danish
- Icelandic terms derived from Italian
- Icelandic terms derived from Old French
- Icelandic terms derived from Latin
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic neuter nouns
- Icelandic countable nouns
- is:Footwear
- Icelandic phono-semantic matchings