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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From a pre-Germanic *bak-, most likely an early borrowing from an unknown language. Similar words are found in some other Indo-European languages, but the diverging phonology found across languages suggests a non-Indo-European origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
*pagil m
- peg, rake
- a half-pint
Inflection
| Masculine a-stem
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*pagil
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| Genitive
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*pagilas
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*pagil
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*pagilō, *pagilōs
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| Accusative
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*pagil
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*pagilā
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| Genitive
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*pagilas
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*pagilō
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| Dative
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*pagilē
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*pagilum
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| Instrumental
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*pagilu
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*pagilum
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Descendants
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*pagila-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 395
