stígvél

Icelandic

Etymology

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]

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
  • IPA(key): /ˈstiɣ.vjɛːl/

Noun

stígvél n (genitive singular stígvéls, nominative plural stígvél)

  1. a boot

Declension
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
  • stígvélahanki (“a bootstrap”)
  • gúmmistígvél
  • herstígvél
  • regnstígvél

References
  1. “Archived copy”, in (Please provide the title of the work)‎, accessed 14 March 2011, archived from the original on 18 July 2013

Further reading
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