Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ail

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 *ailą.

Noun

*ail n

1. (Anglo-Frisian Germanic) fire

   Synonyms: *ailid, *fuir

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*ail
Genitive	*ailas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ail	*ailu
Accusative	*ail	*ailu
Genitive	*ailas	*ailō
Dative	*ailē	*ailum
Instrumental	*ailu	*ailum

Related terms

• *aidlu (“disease, sore”) (possibly)
• *ailid
• *ailijan

Descendants

• Old English: āl