Etymology

jotun

jo·tun
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Today it means: A member of a race of giants who usually stand in opposition to the Æsir and especially to Thor. Full definition →

Old Norse jǫtunn ← Proto-Germanic *etunaz
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*etunaz“giant”
  2. Old Norse · learned borrowing fromjǫtunn
  3. English todayjotun

Learned borrowing from Old Norse jǫtunn, from Proto-Germanic *etunaz (“giant”). Doublet of ettin.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*etunaz all →

ettin

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.