Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse Egill, from Proto-Germanic *Agilaz.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Egill m

  1. a male given name

Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ Jan De Vries, Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, 2nd rev. edn (Leiden: Brill, 1962), s.v. Egill.

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *Agilaz. Old Norse forms include Old Swedish Æghil and Old Danish Eghil. The Old High German cognates are Agilo, Egilo.[1] Gothic 𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌻- (agil-) may also be cognate.

Proper noun edit

Egill m

  1. a male given name

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Icelandic: Egill
  • Faroese: Egil
  • Norwegian: Egel, Egil, Eigil
  • Old Swedish: Æghil
  • Old Danish: Eghil
  • → Sami: Egel

References edit

  1. ^ Jan De Vries, Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, 2nd rev. edn (Leiden: Brill, 1962), s.v. Egill.