Where does “ǣl” come from?

ǣl (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic āl, from Proto-Germanic ēlaz — eel.

ǣl (Old English): eel

Definitions

  1. eel

Ancestry of “ǣl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicāleel
2Proto-Germanicēlazeel

Words derived from “ǣl”

Every word from Proto-Germanic ēlaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic āl →