Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/smiril

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 *smirilaz.

Noun

*smiril m

1. falcon, merlin

   Synonyms: *falkō, *smirilling, *smirilljō

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*smiril
Genitive	*smirilas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*smiril	*smirilō, *smirilōs
Accusative	*smiril	*smirilā
Genitive	*smirilas	*smirilō
Dative	*smirilē	*smirilum
Instrumental	*smirilu	*smirilum

Derived terms

• *smirilling
• *smirilljō

Descendants

• Old Saxon: *smiril
  • Middle Low German: smerl
• Old Dutch: *smiril
  • Middle Dutch: smērel, smerle
    • Dutch: smeerle (archaic)
• Old High German: smiril, smirl
  • Middle High German: smerl, smirl
    • German: Schmirl, Schmerl
    • ⇒ Middle High German: smerlīn
      • German: Schmerlein
• → Medieval Latin: smerlus, *smerla
  • Catalan: esmirla, esmirle
  • Italian: smerlo
  • Old Occitan: esmirle