Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/agislīk

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 *agislīkaz. Equivalent to *agi +‎ *-līk, but the stem-final -s of the first word is not retained in the standalone form.

Adjective

*agislīk

1. horrible, terrible, awful

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*agislīk
Genitive	*agislīkas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*agislīk	*agislīku	*agislīk
Accusative	*agislīkanā	*agislīkā	*agislīk
Genitive	*agislīkas	*agislīkeʀā	*agislīkas
Dative	*agislīkumē	*agislīkeʀē	*agislīkumē
Instrumental	*agislīku	*agislīkeʀu	*agislīku
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*agislīkē	*agislīkō	*agislīku
Accusative	*agislīkā	*agislīkā	*agislīku
Genitive	*agislīkeʀō	*agislīkeʀō	*agislīkeʀō
Dative	*agislīkēm, *agislīkum	*agislīkēm, *agislīkum	*agislīkēm, *agislīkum
Instrumental	*agislīkēm, *agislīkum	*agislīkēm, *agislīkum	*agislīkēm, *agislīkum

Descendants

• Old English: eġeslīċ
• Old Saxon: egislīk, eislīk
  • Middle Low German: eislīk, eisk
• Old Dutch: egislīc
  • Middle Dutch: eiselijc
    • Dutch: ijselijk (reinterpreted as deriving from ijs (“ice”))
• Old High German: egislīh
  • Middle High German: egeslich, eislich