Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/igilaz

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 Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰis (“hedgehog”), with a diminutive suffix.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈi.ɣi.lɑz/

Noun

*igilaz m^[2]^[1]

hedgehog

Inflection

Declension of *igilaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*igilaz	igilōz, igilōs
vocative	*igil	igilōz, igilōs
accusative	*igilą	*igilanz
genitive	igilas, igilis	*igilǫ̂
dative	*igilai	*igilamaz
instrumental	*igilō	*igilamiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *igil
- Old English: iġil, iġl, īl
  - Middle English: ile
- Old Frisian: igel
  - West Frisian: ychel
- Old Saxon: igil
  - Middle Low German: ēgel
    - Low German: Egel
- Old Dutch: *igil
  - Middle Dutch: igel, ēgel
    - Dutch: egel
- Old High German: igil
  - Middle High German: igil
    - German: Igel
    - Rhine Franconian:
      Frankfurterisch: [iʒ̥l̩]
    - Vilamovian: ejggl
Old Norse: ígull (sea urchin)
- Icelandic: ígull
- Faroese: igul-
- Norwegian Bokmål: igle
- Norwegian Nynorsk: igle
- Old Swedish: *īghul, īghulkutter
  - Swedish: igel, igelkott
- Old Danish: *īghæl
  - Danish: igle
- Elfdalian: igel
- Gutnish: igle
- Scanian: ýl, íğel

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*egila-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 115
^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*iʒilaz ~ iʒulaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 203

[Kroonen-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*egila-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 115

[2] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*iʒilaz ~ iʒulaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 203

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