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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/agil
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Proto-West Germanic
Alternative forms
- *ahil
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *agilaz, from *h₂eḱ-il-o-s, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointy”) + *-ilós, the suffix equivalent to *-il.
Noun
*agil m
- awn
Inflection
| Masculine a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *agil | |
| Genitive | *agilas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *agil | *agilō, *agilōs |
| Accusative | *agil | *agilā |
| Genitive | *agilas | *agilō |
| Dative | *agilē | *agilum |
| Instrumental | *agilu | *agilum |
Descendants
- Old English: eġl f
- Middle English: eile
- Old High German: ahil
- German: Achel f (dialectal)
Further reading
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*ahila- ~ *agila-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 5