Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/egalu

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 *egalaz.

Noun

*egalu f

1. leech

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*egalu
Genitive	*egalā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*egalu	*egalō
Accusative	*egalā	*egalā
Genitive	*egalā	*egalō
Dative	*egalē	*egalōm, *egalum
Instrumental	*egalu	*egalōm, *egalum

Descendants

• Old Saxon: egela
  • Middle Low German: ēgele, ēgel
• Old Dutch: *egela
  • Middle Dutch: ēgele, ēchel
    • Dutch: echel
• Old High German: egala
  • Middle High German: egel, egele
    • German: Egel