Sorry, too much haste again. ... Or just the similarity of <jul> 'Christmas' and <hjul> 'wheel' in Swedish, Norwegian, Danish ...
 
Piotr
 
 
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From: Piotr Gasiorowski
To: norse_course@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 11:46 PM
Subject: Re: Finnish loans [norse_course]

(I suppose it's the superficial similarity of Modern English Yule to Norwegian hjul that attracts amateur etymologists).