Reconstruction:Old Saxon/jukil

This Old Saxon 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.

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• *jikil, *jukul

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *jikil, *jekul, from Proto-Germanic *jekulaz, *jikilaz (“icicle”).

Noun

*jukil m

1. icicle

Declension

Declension of *jukil (masculine a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*jukil	*jukilos
accusative	*jukil	*jukilos
genitive	*jukiles	*jukilō
dative	*jukile	*jukilum
instrumental	—	—

Related terms

• gikilla
• ichilla

Descendants

• Middle Low German: jȫkel, jekel, jokel, jöckel, jockel, jȫkele, jokele, jöckele, jockele, jukel m or f (merged with descendant of Old Saxon ihilla, ichilla f)
  • Low German: Jäkel
  • → West Frisian: jûkel
  • → Dutch: jeukel (dialectal)