Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/smirilaz

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

Unknown. Possibly Proto-Indo-European *h₂mes-l- (“blackbird”) (Latin merula), though the OED rejects this.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsmi.ri.lɑz/

Noun

*smirilaz m

falcon; merlin

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *smirilaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*smirilaz	smirilōz, smirilōs
vocative	*smiril	smirilōz, smirilōs
accusative	*smirilą	*smirilanz
genitive	smirilas, smirilis	*smirilǫ̂
dative	*smirilai	*smirilamaz
instrumental	*smirilō	*smirilamiz

Descendants

Old Saxon: *smiril
- Middle Low German: smerle; smerlink
Old Frankish: *smiril
- Old French: esmeril, esmerillon, emerillon
  - Middle French: emerillon
    - French: émerillon
  - Middle English: merlone, merlion
    - English: merlin
    - Dutch: merlijn
  - Middle Latin: smerillus, smerlus
    - Occitan: esmerilho
    - Catalan: esmirla
    - Italian: smerlo, smeriglione
    - Spanish: esmerejon
    - Portuguese: esmerilhão
Old High German: smiril, smirl
- Middle High German: smirl, smirle; smerlīn, smirlinc, smirlink
  - German: Schmirl, Schmerl, Schmerlein, Schmerling
Old Norse: smyrill
- Icelandic: smyrill
- Faroese: smyril

References

Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

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