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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/Agilaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From the element *agaz (“fear; dread”) or *agjō (“edge, point ( of a weapon)”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑ.ɣi.lɑz/
Proper noun
*Agilaz m
- A male given name
- Egil, a famous archer of Germanic legend
Inflection
| masculine a-stemDeclension of *Agilaz (masculine a-stem) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | ||
| nominative | *Agilaz | |
| vocative | *Agil | |
| accusative | *Agilą | |
| genitive | *Agilas, *Agilis | |
| dative | *Agilai | |
| instrumental | *Agilō | |
Descendants
- Old High German: Agilo, Egilo
- Old Norse: Egill
- Icelandic: Egill
- Faroese: Egil
- Norwegian: Egel, Egil, Eigil
- Old Swedish: Æghil
- Swedish: Egil
- Old Danish: Eghil
- Danish: Eigil, Ejgil
- → Greenlandic: Eikili
- Danish: Eigil, Ejgil
- → Sami: Egel
References
- Jan De Vries, Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, 2nd rev. edn (Leiden: Brill, 1962).