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.

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”).

Alternatively, a diminutive of the root underlying either Proto-Germanic *tahjaną (“to tear”) or *takkô (“branch, spike”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑɣ.lɑ̃/

*taglą n

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

• *stertaz

• *taglaz

• Proto-West Germanic: *tagl
  • Old English: tæġl, tæġel
    • Middle English: teil, tayl, tail
      • English: tail
      • Scots: tail, tale
  • Old Frisian: *teil
    • Saterland Frisian: Tail
    • West Frisian: teil
  • Old Saxon: *tagal
    • Middle Low German: tagel
      • Low German: Tagel
  • Old Dutch: *tagal, *tegil, *teil (in toponyms)
    • Middle Dutch: tale, tael, *teil
      • Dutch: teil, taal (rare)
      • ⇒ Dutch: oogtaal (“eyelash”)
      • West Flemish: teil
  • Old High German: zagal, zagel, zagil
    • Middle High German: zagel, zail, zeil
      • German: Zagel (dialectal)
• Old Norse: tagl
  • Icelandic: tagl
  • Faroese: tagl
  • Norwegian: tagl
  • Old Swedish: taghl
    • Swedish: tagel
  • Danish: tavl (dialectal)
• Gothic: 𐍄𐌰𐌲𐌻 (tagl)