-el
Old English
suffix
Definitions
- (alternative form of) -ol
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *-a-l-.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*-a-l-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -el English
- -let English
- knuckle English
- flagellum Latin
- -el German
- -ло Russian
- *-lós Proto-Indo-European
- *pleh₂k- Proto-Indo-European
- *wimb- Proto-Indo-European
- *-a-l- Proto-Germanic
- *-ilaz Proto-Germanic
- *-ingaz Proto-Germanic
- *-lingaz Proto-Germanic
- *-ulaz Proto-Germanic
- -ol Old English
- -el Middle English
- -ill Old Norse
- *-dlo Proto-Slavic
- -el Middle French
- -il Old Saxon
- -le Scots