Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nagl

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

Alternative forms

  • *nagli

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *naglaz.

Noun

*nagl m[1]

  1. nail (on hands or feet)
  2. nail or peg used for fastening

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *nagl
Genitive *naglas
Singular Plural
Nominative *nagl *naglō, *naglōs
Accusative *nagl *naglā
Genitive *naglas *naglō
Dative *naglē *naglum
Instrumental *naglu *naglum

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 148: “PWGmc *nagl”
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