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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/egalu
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
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Noun
*egalu f
- leech
Inflection
ō-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *egalu | |
Genitive | *egalā | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *egalu | *egalō |
Accusative | *egalā | *egalā |
Genitive | *egalā | *egalō |
Dative | *egalē | *egalōm |
Instrumental | *egalu | *egalōm |
Descendants
- Old Saxon: egela
- Middle Low German: ēgele, ēgel
- Old Dutch: *egela
- Middle Dutch: ēgele, ēchel
- Dutch: echel
- Middle Dutch: ēgele, ēchel
- Old High German: egala
- Middle High German: egel, egele
- German: Egel
- Middle High German: egel, egele