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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/āl
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ēlaz.
Noun
*āl m
- eel
Inflection
Masculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *āl | *ālō, *ālōs |
Accusative | *āl | *ālā |
Genitive | *ālas | *ālō |
Dative | *ālē | *ālum |
Instrumental | *ālu | *ālum |
Descendants
- Old English: ǣl
- Middle English: ele, eel
- English: eel
- Scots: eel
- Middle English: ele, eel
- Old Frisian: ēl
- Saterland Frisian: Äil
- West Frisian: iel
- Old Saxon: āl
- Middle Low German: âl, êl
- German Low German: Aal
- Middle Low German: âl, êl
- Old Dutch: āl, ael (in placenames)
- Middle Dutch: ael
- Dutch: aal
- Afrikaans: aal
- Dutch: aal
- Middle Dutch: ael
- Old High German: āl
- Middle High German: āl
- Central Franconian:
- Hunsrik: Ool
- Luxembourgish: Éil
- German: Aal
- Rhine Franconian: Ool (West Palatine)
- Central Franconian:
- Middle High German: āl