Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/Agilaz

This Proto-Germanic 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.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From the element *agaz (“fear; dread”) or *agjō (“edge, point ( of a weapon)”) +‎ *-ilaz.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑ.ɣi.lɑz/

Proper noun

*Agilaz m

  1. a male given name
  2. Egil, a famous archer of Germanic legend and brother of Wayland and Slagfiðr

Inflection

Declension of *Agilaz (masculine a-stem)
singular
nominative *Agilaz
vocative *Agil
accusative *Agilą
genitive *Agilas, *Agilis
dative *Agilai
instrumental *Agilō

Derived terms

  • *Agilamunduz
  • *Agilaþrūdiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *Agil
    • Old English: Æġel, Ægil
      • Middle English: Ayel
        • English: Eagle, Egley, Ayle, Ale, Ayley, Oiley
    • Old Saxon: Aegel
    • Old High German: Agil, Aigil (8th-9th C.), Eigil (8th or 9th C.), Egil (9th C.)
      • Middle High German: Eigil (11th-12th C.), Aygel (12th C.), Aigil, Aigel (12th or 13th C.)
    • → Medieval Latin: Agilus (possibly influenced by or from Gothic)
  • Old Norse: Egill

References

  1. ^ de Vries, Jan (1977) “Egill”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 95
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