Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/Agilaz

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

From the element *agaz (“fear; dread”) or *agjō (“edge, point ( of a weapon)”) +‎ *-ilaz.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.ɣi.lɑz/

Proper noun

*Agilaz m

a male given name
Egil, a famous archer of Germanic legend and brother of Wayland and Slagfiðr

Inflection

Declension of *Agilaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular
nominative	*Agilaz
vocative	*Agil
accusative	*Agilą
genitive	Agilas, Agilis
dative	*Agilai
instrumental	*Agilō

Derived terms

*Agilamunduz
*Agilaþrūdiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *Agil
- 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)
Old Norse: Egill
- Icelandic: Egill
- Faroese: Egil
- Norwegian: Egel, Egil, Eiel, Eigil
- Old Swedish: Æghil
  - Swedish: Egil
- Old Danish: Eghil
  - Danish: Eigil, Ejgil
    - → Greenlandic: Eikili
- → Sami: Egel

References

^ Jan de Vries (1977) [1957–1960], “Egill”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary] (in German), 3rd edition, Leiden: E[vert] J[an] Brill, →OCLC, page 95.

[1] Jan de Vries (1977) [1957–1960], “Egill”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary] (in German), 3rd edition, Leiden: E[vert] J[an] Brill, →OCLC, page 95.

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