Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/jikil

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *jekulaz. Rebuilt from *jekō (“piece of ice”) +‎ *-il.

Noun

*jikil m

1. piece of ice, icicle

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*jikil
Genitive	*jikilas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*jikil	*jikilō, *jikilōs
Accusative	*jikil	*jikilā
Genitive	*jikilas	*jikilō
Dative	*jikilē	*jikilum
Instrumental	*jikilu	*jikilum

Alternative reconstructions

• *jekul

Derived terms

• *īsajikil
• *īsajikilljā
• *jikilljā

Descendants

• Old English: ġiċel, ġieċel, *ġyċel, *ġecol, *ġeocol, *ġicol
  • Middle English: ikil, ykel, ykle, ychele, ikyl
    • English: ickle, eckle
• Old Frisian: itsil, itzil, etzil
• Old Saxon: *jukil
  • Middle Low German: jȫkel, jekel, jokel, jöckel, jockel, jȫkele, jokele, jöckele, jockele, jukel, guckel m or f (merged with descendant of Old Saxon gikilla f)
    • Low German: (Dithmarscher) Jäkel
    • North Frisian: jöckel, jögel
    • → West Frisian: jûkel, (Schiermonnikoog) jokel
    • → Dutch: jeukel (dialectal)