Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/igil

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 *igilaz.

Noun

*igil m

1. hedgehog

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*igil, *igila
Genitive	*igilas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*igil, *igila	*igilōs
Accusative	*igil, *igila	*igilā
Genitive	*igilas	*igilō
Dative	*igilē	*igilum
Instrumental	*igilu	*igilum

Descendants

• Old English: iġil, iġl, īl
  • Middle English: ile
• Old Frisian: igel
  • West Frisian: ychel
• Old Saxon: igil
  • Middle Low German: ēgel
    • Low German: Egel
• Old Dutch: *igil
  • Middle Dutch: igel, ēgel
    • Dutch: egel
• Old High German: igil
  • Middle High German: igil
    • German: Igel
    • Rhine Franconian:

      Frankfurterisch: [iʒ̥l̩]

    • Vilamovian: ejggl