Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/snigilaz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From *sneganą (“to crawl, creeping”) +‎ *-ilaz (agent suffix). Parallel formation with *snagilaz.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsni.ɣi.lɑz/

Noun

*snigilaz m^[3]^[4]^[5]^[2]^[1]

(North Germanic) snail (alternative form of *snagilaz)

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *snigilaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*snigilaz	snigilōz, snigilōs
vocative	*snigil	snigilōz, snigilōs
accusative	*snigilą	*snigilanz
genitive	snigilas, snigilis	*snigilǫ̂
dative	*snigilai	*snigilamaz
instrumental	*snigilō	*snigilamiz

Related terms

Descendants

Old Norse: snigill
- Icelandic: snigill
- Faroese: snigil
- Norwegian Nynorsk: snigel
- Norwegian Bokmål: snile
- Old Swedish: snighil
  - Swedish: snigel
- Old Danish: snigel, snæghæl
  - Danish: snegl
    - Norwegian Bokmål: snegl, snegle
- Gutnish: snegel, snigull

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Hellquist, Elof (1922) “snigel”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎^[1] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 810: “germ. *sniʒila-, av *sneʒila-”
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Torp, Alf (1919) “Snigel”, in Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok, Oslo: H. Aschehoug and Co. (W. Nygaard), page 670: “Germ. *snegila-;Germ. *sneg-; germ. *sneʒ-”
^ Seebold, Elmar (1970) “SNAK-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 443: “sneg-ila-”
^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*sneʒilaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 356
^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*sniggan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[3], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 462: “*snegila-”

[SEO-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Hellquist, Elof (1922) “snigel”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎^[1] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 810: “germ. *sniʒila-, av *sneʒila-”

[NEO-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Torp, Alf (1919) “Snigel”, in Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok, Oslo: H. Aschehoug and Co. (W. Nygaard), page 670: “Germ. *snegila-;Germ. *sneg-; germ. *sneʒ-”

[3] Seebold, Elmar (1970) “SNAK-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 443: “sneg-ila-”

[4] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*sneʒilaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 356

[5] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*sniggan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[3], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 462: “*snegila-”

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