Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/spēgl

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 Medieval Latin speglum, speclum.

Noun

*spēgl m

1. mirror

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*spēgl
Genitive	*spēglas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*spēgl	*spēglō, *spēglōs
Accusative	*spēgl	*spēglā
Genitive	*spēglas	*spēglō
Dative	*spēglē	*spēglum
Instrumental	*spēglu	*spēglum

Descendants

• Old Frisian: spēgel
• Old Saxon: spēgal, spiagal
  • Middle Low German: spēgel, speyl, spīgel, speigel, speiel
    • Low German: Spegel
    • Plautdietsch: Spieejel
    • → Old Danish: speghæl
      • Danish: spejl
    • → West Frisian: spegel
    • → Old Norse: spegill
      • Faroese: spegil
      • Icelandic: spegill
      • Norwegian:

        Norwegian Nynorsk: spegel

        Norwegian Bokmål: speil n

        • → Northern Sami: speadjal
        • → Southern Sami: speejjele
      • Swedish: spegel c
        • → Estonian: peegel
        • → Finnish: peili
          • → Ingrian: speili (from an early form)
• Old Dutch: spēgal
  • Middle Dutch: spigel, spegel, spiegel
    • Dutch: spiegel
      • Afrikaans: spieël
        • → Xhosa: isipili
      • Limburgish: spegel
      • Negerhollands: spiegel
      • Sranan Tongo: spikri, spigri
        • Aukan: sipikii
          • Ndyuka-Trio Pidgin: spikri
        • Saramaccan: sipéi, sipé
      • → Kari'na: supukili
      • → Papiamentu: spiel
      • → Warao: mu-sebihi
• Old High German: spiegal
  • Middle High German: spiegel
    • Bavarian: Spiagl
    • German: Spiegel
      • → Esperanto: spegulo
      • → Kashubian: szpédżel
      • → Romansch: spievel, spieghel, spejel
      • → Russian: с̌пи́гел (špígel)
    • Hunsrik: Spieghel
    • Luxembourgish: spiegel
    • Yiddish: שפּיגל (shpigl)