Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/Agilaz

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

From the element *agaz (“fear; dread”) or *agjō (“edge, point ( of a weapon)”) +‎ *-ilaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.ɣi.lɑz/

Proper noun

*Agilaz m

1. a male given name
2. Egil, a famous archer of Germanic legend and brother of Wayland and Slagfiðr

Inflection

Declension of *Agilaz (masculine a-stem)

	singular
nominative	*Agilaz
vocative	*Agil
accusative	*Agilą
genitive	*Agilas, *Agilis
dative	*Agilai
instrumental	*Agilō

Derived terms

• *Agilamunduz
• *Agilaþrūdiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *Agil
  • Old English: Æġel, Ægil
    • Middle English: Ayel
      • English: Eagle, Egley, Ayle, Ale, Ayley, Oiley
  • Old Saxon: Aegel
  • Old High German: Agil, Aigil (8th-9th C.), Eigil (8th or 9th C.), Egil (9th C.)
    • Middle High German: Eigil (11th-12th C.), Aygel (12th C.), Aigil, Aigel (12th or 13th C.)
      • German: Jagel
      • →? Lithuanian: Jogaila
  • → Medieval Latin: Agilus (possibly influenced by or from Gothic)
• Old Norse: Egill
  • Icelandic: Egill
  • Faroese: Egil
  • Norwegian: Egel, Egil, Eiel, Eigil
  • Old Swedish: Æghil
    • Swedish: Egil
  • Old Danish: Eghil
    • Danish: Eigil, Ejgil
      • → Greenlandic: Eikili
  • → Sami: Egel