Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/Agil

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *Agilaz. Equivalent to *agi (“fear”) +‎ *il (“diminutive suffix”).

Proper noun

*Agil m

(Anglo-Frisian, Visigothic) a male given name^[1]

Declension

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*Agil
Genitive	*Agilas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*Agil	—
Accusative	*Agil	—
Genitive	*Agilas	—
Dative	*Agilē	—
Instrumental	*Agilu	—

Descendants

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.)
  - German: Jagel
  - →? Lithuanian: Jogaila
→ Medieval Latin: Agilus (possibly influenced by or from Gothic)

References

^ Robert Ferguson, The Teutonic Name-System Applied To The Family Names Of France, England, & Germany, (B. and J.: 1864).

[1] Robert Ferguson, The Teutonic Name-System Applied To The Family Names Of France, England, & Germany, (B. and J.: 1864).

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