Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/snagil

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

Likely inherited from Proto-Germanic *snigilaz, whence Old Norse snigill (“snail”), but readjusted through *snagōn (“to crawl, creep”) +‎ *-il (agent suffix), whence also *snaggjō (“snail”).^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Noun

*snagil m

snail
Synonym: *snaggjō

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*snagil
Genitive	*snagilas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*snagil	snagilō, snagilōs
Accusative	*snagil	*snagilā
Genitive	*snagilas	*snagilō
Dative	*snagilē	*snagilum
Instrumental	*snagilu	*snagilum

Related terms

*snaggjō

Descendants

Old English: sneġel, snæġl, snæġel, sneġl, snǣl, snēl
- Middle English: snail, sneil, snayl, sneyl
  - English: snail
  - Scots: snail
Old Saxon: snegil
- Middle Low German: snēgel
  - German Low German: Snagel, Snâel
Old High German: snegil
- Middle High German: snëgel
  - German: Schnegel

References

^ 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: “snag-ila-”
^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*sniggan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 462: “*snagila-”
^ Torp, Alf (1919) “Snigel”, in Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok, Oslo: H. Aschehoug and Co. (W. Nygaard), page 670: “germ. *snagila-”
^ Hellquist, Elof (1922) “snigel”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎ (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 810: “*snaʒila-”

[1] 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: “snag-ila-”

[2] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*sniggan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 462: “*snagila-”

[3] Torp, Alf (1919) “Snigel”, in Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok, Oslo: H. Aschehoug and Co. (W. Nygaard), page 670: “germ. *snagila-”

[4] Hellquist, Elof (1922) “snigel”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎ (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 810: “*snaʒila-”

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