Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/egalu

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

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Noun

*egalu f

leech

Inflection

ō-stem
	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
Old High German: egala
- Middle High German: egel, egele
  - German: Egel