Words that come from Old Norse “jól”

75 words across 14 languages descend from Old Norse jól — including jolly, jollity, jollification, jollily, jol, jollify, unjolly, jolliment.

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Norwegian Bokmål (13)

Norwegian Nynorsk (12)

English (9)

Swedish (9)

Icelandic (6)

Danish (4)

French (4)

Faroese (4)

Middle French (3)

Greenlandic (3)

Old French (3)

Middle English (3)

Old Swedish (1)

Norman (1)