ehhol

Old High German

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Alternative forms

• ecchel, ecchil, ecchol, ekol, ekil

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *akkjal.

Noun

ehhol m

1. steel

   Synonym: stahal

2. steel weapon or neckring

Declension

Declension of ehhol (masculine a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	ehhol	ehhola
accusative	ehhol	ehhola
genitive	ehholes	ehholo
dative	ehhole	ehholum
instrumental	ehholu	—

Descendants

• Middle High German: eckel, ekkel (Bavarian)
  • Bavarian: Eckel (obsolete)

    Cimbrian: ékkel

    • →? Czech: jäkl, jekl (probably instead from the surname Jäkl)
  • → Slovene: jeklo