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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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *jekulaz. Rebuilt from *jekō (“piece of ice”) + *-il.
Noun
*jikil m
- piece of ice, icicle
Inflection
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*jikil
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| Genitive
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*jikilas
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*jikil
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*jikilō, *jikilōs
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| Accusative
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*jikil
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*jikilā
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| Genitive
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*jikilas
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*jikilō
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| Dative
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*jikilē
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*jikilum
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| Instrumental
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*jikilu
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*jikilum
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Alternative reconstructions
Derived terms
Descendants
- Old English: ġiċel, ġieċel, *ġyċel, *ġecol, *ġeocol, *ġicol
- 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)