Where does “el” come from?
el (Middle English) comes from Old English ǣl, from Proto-West Germanic āl, from Proto-Germanic ēlaz — eel.
Ancestry of “el”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | ǣl | eel |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | āl | eel |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | ēlaz | eel |