Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/āl

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 Proto-Germanic *ēlaz.

Noun

*āl m

1. eel

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*āl, *āla
Genitive	*ālas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*āl, *āla	*ālōs
Accusative	*āl, *āla	*ālā
Genitive	*ālas	*ālō
Dative	*ālē	*ālum
Instrumental	*ālu	*ālum

Descendants

• Old English: ǣl, ēl — Anglian, late Kentish
  • Middle English: el, eel, ele, hele, iel, yele
    • English: eel
    • Scots: eel
    • Yola: eale
• Old Frisian: ēl
  • Saterland Frisian: Äil
  • West Frisian: iel
• Old Saxon: āl
  • Middle Low German: âl, êl
    • German Low German: Aal, Aol, Ool
• Old Dutch: *āl, ael (in placenames)
  • Middle Dutch: ael
    • Dutch: aal
      • Afrikaans: aal
    • Limburgish: aol
• Old High German: āl
  • Middle High German: āl
    • Central Franconian: Ool, Ööl, Ääl, Iel
      • Hunsrik: Ool
      • Luxembourgish: Éil
    • German: Aal
    • Rhine Franconian: Ool (West Palatine)