Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/snagil
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Likely inherited from Proto-Germanic *snigilaz, whence Old Norse snigill (“snail”), but readjusted through *snagōn (“to crawl, creep”) + *-il (agent suffix), whence also *snaggjō (“snail”).[1][2][3][4]
Noun
[edit]*snagil m
Inflection
[edit]| Masculine a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *snagil | |
| Genitive | *snagilas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *snagil | *snagilō, *snagilōs |
| Accusative | *snagil | *snagilā |
| Genitive | *snagilas | *snagilō |
| Dative | *snagilē | *snagilum |
| Instrumental | *snagilu | *snagilum |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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: “snag-ila-”
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*sniggan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 462: “*snagila-”
- ^ Torp, Alf (1919) “Snigel”, in Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok, Oslo: H. Aschehoug and Co. (W. Nygaard), page 670: “germ. *snagila-”
- ^ Hellquist, Elof (1922) “snigel”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary][2] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 810: “*snaʒila-”
Categories:
- Proto-West Germanic terms suffixed with *-il (agent noun)
- Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Proto-West Germanic lemmas
- Proto-West Germanic nouns
- Proto-West Germanic masculine nouns
- gmw-pro:Snails
- Proto-West Germanic masculine a-stem nouns