Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/jekulaz

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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *jikilaz

Etymology

From *jekô (“piece of ice”) +‎ *-ulaz (“diminutive suffix”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈje.ku.lɑz/

Noun

*jekulaz m

  1. icicle

Inflection

Declension of *jekulaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *jekulaz *jekulōz, *jekulōs
vocative *jekul *jekulōz, *jekulōs
accusative *jekulą *jekulanz
genitive *jekulas, *jekulis *jekulǫ̂
dative *jekulai *jekulamaz
instrumental *jekulō *jekulamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *jikil, *jekul
    • Old English: ġiċel, ġieċel, *ġyċel, *ġecol, *ġeocol, *ġicol
      • Middle English: ikil, ykel, ykle, ychele, ikyl
        • English: ickle, eckle
    • Old Frisian: itsil, itzil, etzil
    • Old Saxon: *jukil
      • Middle Low German: jȫkel, jekel, jokel, jöckel, jockel, jȫkele, jokele, jöckele, jockele, jukel, guckel m or f (merged with descendant of Old Saxon gikilla f)
        • Low German: (Dithmarscher) Jäkel
        • North Frisian: jöckel, jögel
        • → West Frisian: jûkel, (Schiermonnikoog) jokel
        • → Dutch: jeukel (dialectal)
  • Old Norse: jǫkull

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*jeka(n)-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 273: “cf. ON jǫkull m. 'icicle; glacier'”
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