Reconstruction:Old English/gyrele

This Old English entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gurilā, from a zero-grade form of *gaurā (“young child”) +‎ *-ilā.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡy.re.le/

Noun

*gyrele f

  1. young person
    Near-synonyms: bearn, cild

Declension

Weak feminine (n-stem):

singular plural
nominative *gyrele *gyrelan
accusative *gyrelan *gyrelan
genitive *gyrelan *gyrelena
dative *gyrelan *gyrelum

Alternative reconstructions

  • *gyrle
  • *gyrela[1]

Descendants

  • >? Middle English: gerle, girle, gyrle, gurle, geerle, garle
    • English: girl (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: girle (obsolete)
    • Yola: gurl

References

  1. ^ “girl(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007: “?OE *gyrela, from earlier *gurw-”.
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