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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aiglaz

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. Compare Ancient Greek αἶκλοι (aîkloi, “corners of an arrow”, pl.) and αἰχμή (aikhmḗ, “point of a spear, head of an arrow”).[1] Kroonen maintains a Proto-Indo-European root *h₂eyḱ- as the source, but this comes with phonetic problems. Perhaps a European substrate word in common with Old Prussian ayculo (“needle”) and Proto-Slavic *jьgъlà (“needle”).

Noun

*aiglaz m[1]

  1. (North Germanic) shoot

Inflection
Declension of *aiglaz (a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
Nominative *aiglaz *aiglōz, -ōs
Vocative *aigl *aiglōz, -ōs
Accusative *aiglą *aiglanz
Genitive *aiglas, -is *aiglǫ̂
Dative *aiglai *aiglamaz
Instrumental *aiglō *aiglamiz


Descendants
  • Old Norse: *eigl
    • Swedish: egel (dialectal), äjel (dialectal)
  • *aiginþs (“shoot, barb”)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*aigla-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 9
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