fugol

fugol

Old English

Alternative forms

• fugel, fugul

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fuglaz. Cognate with Old Frisian fugel (West Frisian fûgel), Old High German fogal (German Vogel), Old Saxon fugal (German Low German Vagel, Vogel), Old Dutch fogal (Dutch vogel), Old Norse fugl (Swedish fågel, Danish fugl), Gothic 𐍆𐌿𐌲𐌻𐍃 (fugls). The Germanic base is a variant of *flugla- (“fly”), compare *fleuganą (Old English flēogan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfuɡol/, [ˈfuɣol]

Noun

fugol m (nominative plural fuglas)

1. bird

Declension

Declension of fugol (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	fugol	fuglas
accusative	fugol	fuglas
genitive	fugles	fugla
dative	fugle	fuglum

Derived terms

• fuglere

Descendants

• Middle English: fowel, fowele, foul, foghel, fuȝel, foȝel, foughel, fouel, fowl
  • Scots: foul, fule
  • English: fowl