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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *sneganą (“to crawl, creeping”) + *-ilaz (agent suffix). Parallel formation with *snagilaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
*snigilaz m
- (North Germanic) snail (alternative form of *snagilaz)
Inflection
| masculine a-stemDeclension of *snigilaz (masculine a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*snigilaz
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*snigilōz, *snigilōs
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| vocative
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*snigil
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*snigilōz, *snigilōs
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| accusative
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*snigilą
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*snigilanz
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| genitive
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*snigilas, *snigilis
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*snigilǫ̂
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| dative
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*snigilai
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*snigilamaz
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| instrumental
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*snigilō
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*snigilamiz
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Related terms
Descendants
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hellquist, Elof (1922) “snigel”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 810: “germ. *sniʒila-, av *sneʒila-”
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Torp, Alf (1919) “Snigel”, in Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok, Oslo: H. Aschehoug and Co. (W. Nygaard), page 670: “Germ. *snegila-;Germ. *sneg-; germ. *sneʒ-”
- ^ Seebold, Elmar (1970) “SNAK-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 443: “sneg-ila-”
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*sneʒilaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 356
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*sniggan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 462: “*snegila-”
