Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gail

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 Proto-Germanic *gailaz.

Adjective

*gail

wanton
lustful

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*gail
Genitive	*gailas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*gail	*gailu	*gail
Accusative	*gailanā	*gailā	*gail
Genitive	*gailas	*gaileʀā	*gailas
Dative	*gailumē	*gaileʀē	*gailumē
Instrumental	*gailu	*gaileʀu	*gailu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*gailē	*gailō	*gailu
Accusative	*gailā	*gailā	*gailu
Genitive	*gaileʀō	*gaileʀō	*gaileʀō
Dative	gailēm, gailum	gailēm, gailum	gailēm, gailum
Instrumental	gailēm, gailum	gailēm, gailum	gailēm, gailum

Derived terms

*gailisōn

Descendants

Old English: gāl
- Middle English: gal, gol
  - English: gole (dialectal)
Old Frisian: *gāl, *gēl
- Saterland Frisian: gail (perhaps borrowed from Low German or German)
- West Frisian: geil (possibly from Dutch)
Old Saxon: gēl
- Middle Low German: geil
  - German Low German: geil
Old Dutch: *gēl, *geil
- Middle Dutch: geel, gheil
  - Dutch: geil
Old High German: geil, keil
- Middle High German: geil
  - German: geil
    - → Danish: geil