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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gailaz

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 Proto-Indo-European *gʰoylos (frothing, arrogant, tempestuous, violent, wanton). Cognate of Proto-Balto-Slavic *gailas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣɑi̯.lɑz/

Adjective

*gailaz

  1. merry, excited, lush, beautiful, lustful

Inflection


Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old English: gāl
  • Old Frisian: *gāl, *gēl
    • Saterland Frisian: gail (perhaps borrowed from Low German or German)
    • West Frisian: geil (possibly from Dutch)
  • Old Saxon: gēl
    • Middle Low German: geil
      • German Low German: geil
  • Old Dutch: *gēl, *geil
  • Old High German: geil, keil
  • Old Norse: *geilr, geiligr
    • Icelandic: (gáll m)
    • Swedish: gäl (dialectal)
    • Danish: geil
    • Gutnish: geil
    • Westrobothnian: gjäl
  • Gothic: *𐌲𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃 (*gails), 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gailjan)
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