Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/snigilaz
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From *sneganą (“to crawl, creeping”) + *-ilaz (agent suffix). Parallel formation with *snagilaz.[1][2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- (North Germanic) snail (alternative form of *snagilaz)
Inflection[edit]
| 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[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Old Norse: snigill
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hellquist, Elof (1922) “snigel”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary][1] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 810: “germ. *sniʒila-, av *sneʒila-”
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Torp, Alf (1919) “Snigel”, in Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok, Oslo: H. Aschehoug and Co. (W. Nygaard), page 670: “Germ. *snegila-;Germ. *sneg-; germ. *sneʒ-”
- ^ Seebold, Elmar (1970) “SNAK-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 443: “sneg-ila-”
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*sneʒilaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 356
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*sniggan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 462: “*snegila-”