Reconstruction:Old English/gyrele

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This Old English 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.

Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *gurilā, from a zero-grade form of *gaurā (“young child”) +‎ *-ilā.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

*gyrele f

  1. young person

Declension[edit]

Declension of *gyrele (weak)
Case Singular Plural
nominative *gyrele *gyrelan
accusative *gyrelan *gyrelan
genitive *gyrelan *gyrelena
dative *gyrelan *gyrelum

Alternative reconstructions[edit]

  • *gyrle
  • *gyrela[1]

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle English: gerle, girle, gyrle, gurle, geerle, garle
    • English: girl
    • Scots: girle (obsolete)
    • Yola: gurl

References[edit]

  1. ^ “girl(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007: “?OE *gyrela, from earlier *gurw-”.
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