Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/pagil

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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

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Etymology

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From a pre-Germanic *bak-, most likely an early borrowing from an unknown language. Similar words are found in some other Indo-European languages, but the diverging phonology found across languages suggests a non-Indo-European origin.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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*pagil m[1]

  1. peg, rake
  2. a half-pint

Inflection

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Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *pagil
Genitive *pagilas
Singular Plural
Nominative *pagil *pagilō, *pagilōs
Accusative *pagil *pagilā
Genitive *pagilas *pagilō
Dative *pagilē *pagilum
Instrumental *pagilu *pagilum

Descendants

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*pagila-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 395