Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/augapl

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From *augā (“eye”) +‎ apl (“apple, fruit”).

Noun

*augapl m

eyeball

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*augapl
Genitive	*augaplas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*augapl	augaplō, augaplōs
Accusative	*augapl	*augaplā
Genitive	*augaplas	*augaplō
Dative	*augaplē	*augaplum
Instrumental	*augaplu	*augaplum

Descendants

Old English: ēagæppel
- Middle English: ij appel
  - English: eye-apple
  - ⇒ Middle English: appel of þe eyȝe, appel of the eie, appel of the yë
    - English: apple of the eye
Old Frisian: āgappel
- West Frisian: eachappel
Old Saxon: *ougaappul, *ougaappel
- Middle Low German: ôgeappel
  - Low German: Oogappel
  - → Danish: øjeæble (calque)
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: øyeeple (calque)
  - → Norwegian Nynorsk: augeeple (calque)
Old Dutch: *ougappul
- Middle Dutch: ogeappel
  - Dutch: oogappel
    - Afrikaans: oogappel
Old High German: ougapful, augaphul
- Middle High German: ougapfel
  - German: Augapfel