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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/taglą
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *doḱ- (“hair of the tail”), from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- (“to tear, shred, fray”). Cognate with Old Irish dúal (“strand or lock of hair”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɑɣ.lɑ̃/
Noun
*taglą n
- hair; ponytail
- hair of a tail; tail
Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *taglą (neuter a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *taglą | *taglō | |
vocative | *taglą | *taglō | |
accusative | *taglą | *taglō | |
genitive | *taglas, *taglis | *taglǫ̂ | |
dative | *taglai | *taglamaz | |
instrumental | *taglō | *taglamiz |
Synonyms
- *stertaz
Related terms
- *taglaz
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *tagl
- Old English: tæġl, tæġel
- Middle English: teil, tayl, tail
- Scots: tail, tale
- English: tail
- Middle English: teil, tayl, tail
- Old Saxon: *tagal
- Middle Low German: tagel
- Low German: Tagel
- Middle Low German: tagel
- Old Dutch: *tagal, *tegil, *teil (in toponyms)
- Middle Dutch: *teil
- Dutch: teil, taal (rare)
- West Flemish: teil
- Middle Dutch: *teil
- Old High German: zagal, zagel, zagil
- Middle High German: zagel, zail, zeil
- German: Zagel (dialectal)
- Middle High German: zagel, zail, zeil
- Old English: tæġl, tæġel
- Old Norse: tagl
- Icelandic: tagl
- Faroese: tagl
- Norwegian: tagl
- Old Swedish: taghl
- Swedish: tagel
- Danish: tavl (dialectal)
- Gothic: 𐍄𐌰𐌲𐌻 (tagl)