Egel
German (Berlin)
[ˈʔeːɡl̩]
noun
Definitions
- leech
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German egel(e), egele inherited from Old High German egala inherited from Proto-Germanic *egalaz (leech) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷʰ- (snake).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂egʷʰ-
Gloss
snake
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
蛇
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ile English
- iilimato Finnish
- Blut German
- Blutegel German
- echel Dutch, Flemish
- ἔχιον Ancient Greek
- ἔχις Ancient Greek
- *h₁eǵʰis Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁égʰi- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂egʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *egalaz Proto-Germanic
- igel Swedish
- eile Middle English
- *igla Old Norse
- *iglr Old Norse
- ígull Old Norse
- igle Danish
- echel Middle Dutch
- egala Old High German
- egel(e), egele Middle High German
- igil- Old Swedish