Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/akkjal

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

Borrowed from Latin aciāle (“steel”).

Noun

*akkjal m

1. steel

   Synonym: *stahl

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*akkjal(a)
Genitive	*akkjalas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*akkjal(a)	*akkjalōs
Accusative	*akkjal(a)	*akkjalā
Genitive	*akkjalas	*akkjalō
Dative	*akkjalē	*akkjalum
Instrumental	*akkjalu	*akkjalum

Descendants

• Old High German: ehhol, ecchel, ecchil, ecchol, ekol, ekil
  • Middle High German: eckel, ekkel (Bavarian)
    • Bavarian: Eckel (obsolete)

      Cimbrian: ékkel

      • →? Czech: jäkl, jekl (probably instead from the surname Jäkl)
    • → Slovene: jeklo