Where does “greniköngull” come from?

greniköngull (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic köngull, from Old Norse kǫngull — cluster, bunch.

greniköngull (Icelandic): pine cone

Definitions

  1. pine cone

Ancestry of “greniköngull”, step by step

greniköngull traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic köngull

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicköngullcone (fruit of a conifer)
2Old Norsekǫngullcluster, bunch

via Icelandic greni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicgrenilair, den of a fox
Every word from Old Norse kǫngull →Every word from Icelandic köngull →