Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gail

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 *gailaz.

Adjective

*gail

1. wanton
2. lustful

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*gail
Genitive	*gailas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*gail	*gailu	*gail
Accusative	*gailanā	*gailā	*gail
Genitive	*gailas	*gaileʀā	*gailas
Dative	*gailumē	*gaileʀē	*gailumē
Instrumental	*gailu	*gaileʀu	*gailu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*gailē	*gailō	*gailu
Accusative	*gailā	*gailā	*gailu
Genitive	*gaileʀō	*gaileʀō	*gaileʀō
Dative	*gailēm, *gailum	*gailēm, *gailum	*gailēm, *gailum
Instrumental	*gailēm, *gailum	*gailēm, *gailum	*gailēm, *gailum

Derived terms

• *gailēn
• *gailisōn

Descendants

• Old English: gāl
  • Middle English: gal, gol
    • English: gole (dialectal)
• Old Frisian: *gāl, *gēl
  • Saterland Frisian: gail (perhaps borrowed from Low German or German)
  • West Frisian: geil (possibly from Dutch)
• Old Saxon: gēl
  • Middle Low German: geil
    • German Low German: geil
• Old Dutch: *gēl, *geil
  • Middle Dutch: geel, gheil
    • Dutch: geil
      • Afrikaans: geil
• Old High German: geil, keil
  • Middle High German: geil
    • German: geil
      • → Danish: geil