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

Alternative forms

• *ahil

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *agilaz, from *h₂eḱ-il-o-s, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointy”) +‎ *-ilós, the suffix equivalent to *-il.

Noun

*agil m

1. awn

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*agil
Genitive	*agilas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*agil	*agilō, *agilōs
Accusative	*agil	*agilā
Genitive	*agilas	*agilō
Dative	*agilē	*agilum
Instrumental	*agilu	*agilum

Descendants

• Old English: eġl f
  • Middle English: eile
• Old High German: ahil
  • German: Achel f (dialectal)

Further reading

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ahila- ~ *agila-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 5