Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/snigilaz

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

Has been compared to Proto-Indo-European *sneg- (“to crawl; a creeping thing”) (compare Sanskrit नाग (nāga, “snake”)), whence also *snakô, but the unshifted *g is unexpected. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsni.ɣi.lɑz/

Noun

*snigilaz m

1. snail (alternative form of *snagilaz)

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *snigilaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*snigilaz	*snigilōz, *snigilōs
vocative	*snigil	*snigilōz, *snigilōs
accusative	*snigilą	*snigilanz
genitive	*snigilas, *snigilis	*snigilǫ̂
dative	*snigilai	*snigilamaz
instrumental	*snigilō	*snigilamiz

Related terms

• *sneggô
• *snagilaz

Descendants

• Old Norse: snigill
  • Icelandic: snigill
  • Faroese: snigil
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: snigel
  • Norwegian Bokmål: snile
  • Old Swedish: snighil
    • Swedish: snigel
  • Old Danish: snigel, snæghæl
    • Danish: snegl
      • Norwegian Bokmål: snegl, snegle
  • Gutnish: snegel, snigull