engil

Old High German

Alternative forms

• angil

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”).

Noun

engil m

1. (religion) angel

Descendants

• Middle High German: engel
  • Alemannic German: Ängel, Ängu

    Swabian: Engele

  • Bavarian: Engl

    Cimbrian: énghel

  • German: Engel
    • →? Yiddish: ענגעל (engel)
  • Luxembourgish: Engel
  • → Latvian: eņģelis

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Old Saxon

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”).

Noun

engil m

1. (religion) angel

Declension

Declension of engil (masculine a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	engil	englos
accusative	engil	englos
genitive	engles	englō
dative	engle	englum
instrumental	—	—

Descendants

• Middle Low German: engel
  • Low German:
    • German Low German: Engel
      • Plautdietsch: Enjel
    • → Estonian: ingel