Where does “Äil” come from?

Äil (Saterland Frisian) comes from Old Frisian ēl, from Proto-West Germanic āl, from Proto-Germanic ēlaz — eel.

Äil (Saterland Frisian): An eel

Definitions

  1. An eel

Ancestry of “Äil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianēl—
2Proto-West Germanicāleel
3Proto-Germanicēlazeel
Every word from Proto-Germanic ēlaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic āl →Every word from Old Frisian ēl →