Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/pagil

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 a pre-Germanic *bak-, most likely an early borrowing from an unknown language. Similar words are found in some other Indo-European languages, but the diverging phonology found across languages suggests a non-Indo-European origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑ.ɣil/

Noun

*pagil m

1. peg, rake
2. a half-pint

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*pagil
Genitive	*pagilas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*pagil	*pagilō, *pagilōs
Accusative	*pagil	*pagilā
Genitive	*pagilas	*pagilō
Dative	*pagilē	*pagilum
Instrumental	*pagilu	*pagilum

Descendants

• Old English: pæġel
  • Middle English: payle, paiell, paille, payl
    • English: pail
    • Yola: pyle
• Old Saxon: pegil
  • Middle Low German: pēgel
    • Low German: pegel
      • → Danish: pægl
      • → German: Pegel
• Old Dutch: *pegil
  • Middle Dutch: pēgel, peil
    • Dutch: pegel, peil
• → Late Latin: pagella (“a measure; measuring rod”)