Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/taglą

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 Proto-Indo-European *doḱ- (“hair of the tail”), from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- (“to tear, shred, fray”). Cognate with Old Irish dúal (“strand or lock of hair”), Sanskrit दशा (daśā, “fringe”), as well as perhaps Serbo-Croatian dlȁka (“a single hair”).

In addition to the above theory, Kroonen suggests an alternative derivation as a diminutive of the root underlying either Proto-Germanic *tahjaną (“to tear”) or *takkô (“branch, spike”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑɣ.lɑ̃/

Noun

*taglą n[1]

  1. hair; ponytail
  2. hair of a tail; tail

Inflection

Declension of *taglą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *taglą *taglō
vocative *taglą *taglō
accusative *taglą *taglō
genitive *taglas, *taglis *taglǫ̂
dative *taglai *taglamaz
instrumental *taglō *taglamiz

Synonyms

  • *taglaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *tagl
    • Old English: tæġl, tæġel
    • Old Frisian: *teil
      • Saterland Frisian: Tail
      • West Frisian: teil
    • Old Saxon: *tagal
      • Middle Low German: tagel
        • Low German: Tagel (“club, whip”)
    • Old Dutch: *tagal, *tegil, *teil (in toponyms)
    • Old High German: zagal, zagel, zagil
      • Middle High German: zagel, zail, zeil
        • German: Zagel (“tail, whip, penis”) (dialectal)
  • Old Norse: tagl
  • Gothic: 𐍄𐌰𐌲𐌻 (tagl)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*tagla-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 504
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