Reconstruction:Old English/gyrele

This Old English entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gurilā, from a zero-grade form of *gaurā (“young child”) +‎ *-ilā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡy.re.le/

Noun

*gyrele f

1. young person

Declension

Declension of *gyrele (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	*gyrele	*gyrelan
accusative	*gyrelan	*gyrelan
genitive	*gyrelan	*gyrelena
dative	*gyrelan	*gyrelum

Alternative reconstructions

• *gyrle
• *gyrela

Descendants

• Middle English: gerle, girle, gyrle, gurle, geerle, garle
  • English: girl (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: girle (obsolete)
  • Yola: gurl