UrsprungFrom, iætti, from Old Norse *iætti, byform of Old Norse jǫtunn, from Proto-Germanic *etunaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-.
Doublet of (dialectal) jutul, juttul, jottel (“the devil; clever handy man, trixter, sly fox”); from Old Swedish *iatul, alternative form of iætun (“giant; jotun”); also borrowed into Finnish jatuli (“giant”).
- common-genderjotun; a mythical humanoid creature, originally human-sized but later associated with great size
- common-gendergiant
Formerjätte(indefinite, nominative, singular) · jättes(genitive, indefinite, singular) · jätten(definite, nominative, singular) · jättens(definite, genitive, singular) · jättar(indefinite, nominative, plural) · jättars(genitive, indefinite, plural) · jättarna(definite, nominative, plural) · jättarnas(definite, genitive, plural)