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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

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)
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