Etymology

jarl

J8A1R1L1

Today it means: A medieval Scandinavian nobleman, especially in Norway and Denmark. Full definition →

Old Norse jar ← Proto-Norse ᛖᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (erilaʀ) ← Proto-Germanic *erlaz
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*erlaz
  2. Proto-Norseᛖᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (erilaʀ)
  3. Old Norsejar
  4. English todayjarl

From Old Norse jarl, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (erilaʀ). Cognates include Old English eorl. Doublet of earl and eorl.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.