Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/Agilaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Etymology

From the element *agaz (“fear; dread”) or *agjō (“edge, point ( of a weapon)”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.ɣi.lɑz/

Proper noun

*Agilaz m

A male given name
Egil, a famous archer of Germanic legend

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *Agilaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular
nominative	*Agilaz
vocative	*Agil
accusative	*Agilą
genitive	Agilas, Agilis
dative	*Agilai
instrumental	*Agilō

Descendants

Old High German: Agilo, Egilo
Old Norse: Egill
- Icelandic: Egill
- Faroese: Egil
- Norwegian: Egel, Egil, Eigil
- Old Swedish: Æghil
  - Swedish: Egil
- Old Danish: Eghil
  - Danish: Eigil, Ejgil
    - → Greenlandic: Eikili
- → Sami: Egel

References

Jan De Vries, Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, 2nd rev. edn (Leiden: Brill, 1962).

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[1] Jan De Vries, Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, 2nd rev. edn (Leiden: Brill, 1962).