*jehwlą

Runic: ᛃᛖᚺᚹᛚᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈjexʷ.lɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

festivity, celebration
Yule, literally, “the festivities”

Etymology

Unknown; suggested to be connected to Latin iocus (‘a joke, jest’), itself thought to be from Proto-Indo-European *yek- (‘to speak’), yet this is semantically unconvincing.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	jehwlą	jeulō
Acc.	jehwlą	jeulō
Gen.	jehwlas, jihwlis	jeulǫ̂
Dat.	jehwlai	jeulamaz
Inst.	jehwlō	jeulamiz
Voc.	jehwlą	jeulō

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Descendants

*jehwl (Proto-West Germanic)
- ġēol, ġehhol, ġehhel, ġēohol, ġēohel, ġēohhel, iūl, ġiūl, iōl, ġeohhel, ġeochol, ġeohhol, ġeohol (Old English)
  - yol, yole, ȝeolue, yiol, ȝol, ȝole, Yoil, yolde, ȝoul, ȝowl, ȝoule, Yhole, youle (Middle English)
    - Yule (English)
*jehwl (Proto-West Germanic)
- ġēol, ġehhol, ġehhel, ġēohol, ġēohel, ġēohhel, iūl, ġiūl, iōl, ġeohhel, ġeochol, ġeohhol, ġeohol (Old English)
  - yol, yole, ȝeolue, yiol, ȝol, ȝole, Yoil, yolde, ȝoul, ȝowl, ȝoule, Yhole, youle (Middle English)
    - Yule, Ȝule, Yuill, Ȝuill (Middle Scots)
      - Yule (Scots)
*ᛃᛖᚢᛚᚢ (*jeulu) (Proto-Norse)
- *joulu (Proto-Finnic)
*ᛃᛖᚢᛚᚢ (*jeulu) (Proto-Norse)
- jól, *iūl (Old Norse)
  - jól (Faroese)
  - jól (Icelandic)
  - jol (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  - jolif (Old French)
  - iaul (Old Gutnish)
*ᛃᛖᚢᛚᚢ (*jeulu) (Proto-Norse)
- jól, *iūl (Old Norse)
  - iūl (Old Danish)
    - jul (Danish)
      - juulli (Greenlandic)
*ᛃᛖᚢᛚᚢ (*jeulu) (Proto-Norse)
- jól, *iūl (Old Norse)
  - iūl (Old Danish)
    - jul (Danish)
      - Jul (German)
        
        joel (Dutch)
*ᛃᛖᚢᛚᚢ (*jeulu) (Proto-Norse)
- jól, *iūl (Old Norse)
  - iūl (Old Danish)
    - jul (Danish)
      - Jul (German)
        
        Julfest (German)
        
        joelfeest (Dutch)
*ᛃᛖᚢᛚᚢ (*jeulu) (Proto-Norse)
- jól, *iūl (Old Norse)
  - iūl (Old Danish)
    - jul (Danish)
      - jul (Norwegian Bokmål)
        
        jul (Norwegian Nynorsk)
*ᛃᛖᚢᛚᚢ (*jeulu) (Proto-Norse)
- jól, *iūl (Old Norse)
  - iūl (Old Swedish)
    - jul (Swedish)
*ᛖᚢᛚᚢ (*eulu) (Proto-Norse)
- *joulu (Proto-Finnic)
*ᛖᚢᛚᚢ (*eulu) (Proto-Norse)
- jól, *iūl (Old Norse)
  - jól (Faroese)
  - jól (Icelandic)
  - jol (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  - jolif (Old French)
  - iaul (Old Gutnish)
*ᛖᚢᛚᚢ (*eulu) (Proto-Norse)
- jól, *iūl (Old Norse)
  - iūl (Old Danish)
    - jul (Danish)
      - juulli (Greenlandic)
*ᛖᚢᛚᚢ (*eulu) (Proto-Norse)
- jól, *iūl (Old Norse)
  - iūl (Old Danish)
    - jul (Danish)
      - Jul (German)
        
        joel (Dutch)
*ᛖᚢᛚᚢ (*eulu) (Proto-Norse)
- jól, *iūl (Old Norse)
  - iūl (Old Danish)
    - jul (Danish)
      - Jul (German)
        
        Julfest (German)
        
        joelfeest (Dutch)
*ᛖᚢᛚᚢ (*eulu) (Proto-Norse)
- jól, *iūl (Old Norse)
  - iūl (Old Danish)
    - jul (Danish)
      - jul (Norwegian Bokmål)
        
        jul (Norwegian Nynorsk)
*ᛖᚢᛚᚢ (*eulu) (Proto-Norse)
- jól, *iūl (Old Norse)
  - iūl (Old Swedish)
    - jul (Swedish)
*juhla (Proto-Finnic)
- juhlad (Estonian)
- juhla (Finnish)

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