eel

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*ēlaz“eel”
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*āl“eel”
3. Old English · inherited fromǣl“eel”
4. Middle English · inherited fromel“eel”
5. English todayeel

From Middle English el (“eel”), from Old English ǣl (“eel”), from Proto-West Germanic *āl (“eel”), from Proto-Germanic *ēlaz (“eel”), which is of unknown origin. Cognates Cognate with West Frisian iel (“eel”), Dutch aal (“eel”), German Low German Aal, Ool (“eel”), German Aal (“eel”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish ål (“eel”), Faroese állur, álur (“eel”), Icelandic áll (“eel”).

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