Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/egalaz

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/egalaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

• *igilaz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃égʷʰis.

Noun

*egalaz m

1. leech

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *egalaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*egalaz	*egalōz, *egalōs
vocative	*egal	*egalōz, *egalōs
accusative	*egalą	*egalanz
genitive	*egalas, *egalis	*egalǫ̂
dative	*egalai	*egalamaz
instrumental	*egalō	*egalamiz

Related terms

• *egalō

Descendants

• Old Saxon: egela f (<*egalō)
  • Middle Low German: ēgele, ēgel
• Old Dutch: *egela (<*egalō)
  • Middle Dutch: ēgele, ēchel
    • Dutch: echel
• Old High German: egala f (<*egalō)
  • Middle High German: egel, egele f
    • German: Egel
• Old Norse: *iglr
  • Icelandic: iglur (plural)
  • Faroese: igli, igil
  • Norwegian: igle
  • Swedish: igel
  • Danish: igler (plural)
  • Westrobothnian: egel
  • Old Norman Igle-, Ingle- (pond name element)