Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/flagil

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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

Origin disputed. Most sources state the term is most likely borrowed from Latin flagellum (flail, small whip).[1][2][3]

Alternatively, and perhaps less likely, the term is possibly a native formation inherited from Proto-Germanic *flagilaz, from the verb Proto-Germanic *flahaną (to skin, flay), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂g-, *pleh₂k- (to beat, strike), from *pel- (to beat, push) + *-ilaz (masculine agent suffix); related to Proto-Germanic *flagǭ (a blow, strike, hit), *flōkaną (to beat, strike), *flakkōną (to beat), and therefore distantly related to English flag, flack. For an example of another term previously considered to be derived from the Latin due to coincidental semblance of form and meaning, see English pluck.

Noun

*flagil m

  1. flail (agricultural tool)

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *flagil
Genitive *flagilas
Singular Plural
Nominative *flagil *flagilō, *flagilōs
Accusative *flagil *flagilā
Genitive *flagilas *flagilō
Dative *flagilē *flagilum
Instrumental *flagilu *flagilum

Descendants

References

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    Norbruis, Stefan (2015) “flegel”, in Etymological Dictionary of West Frisian Farming Vocabulary, Leiden: Leiden University, pages 21-22:*flagila- n. ‘flail’ (<(<) Lat. flagellum n. ‘whip; flail’)..
  2. ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “vlegel”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
  3. ^ Friedrich Kluge (2011) “Flegel”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (in German), 25th edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN