Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/egalaz

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

Unknown. Possibly a diminutive of the root of Proto-Indo-European *h₁ógʷʰis (“snake”), but the conditions that would lead PIE *gʷʰ to become Germanic *g here are at best opaque. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

*egalaz m[1]

  1. leech

Inflection

Declension of *egalaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *egalaz *egalōz, *egalōs
vocative *egal *egalōz, *egalōs
accusative *egalą *egalanz
genitive *egalas, *egalis *egalǫ̂
dative *egalai *egalamaz
instrumental *egalō *egalamiz
  • ? *agi (“snake”)
    • ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *agiþahsijā (“lizard”)
  • *egalō

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *egalu f
    • Old Saxon: egela
      • Middle Low German: ēgele, ēgel
    • Old Dutch: *egela
    • Old High German: egala
      • Middle High German: egel, egele
  • Old Norse: *iglr
    • Icelandic: igla
    • Faroese: igli, igil
    • Norwegian Bokmål: igle
    • Swedish: igel
    • Danish: igler (plural)
    • Old Norman *igle > Norman Igle-, Ingle-, Ingre- (pond name element)

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*eʒalaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 82-83
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