*taglą

Runic: ᛏᚨᚷᛚᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈtɑɣ.lɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

hair; ponytail
hair of a tail; tail

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *doḱ- (‘hair of the tail’), from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- (‘to tear, shred, fray’). Cognate with Old Irish dúal (‘strand or lock of hair’), Sanskrit दशा (daśā) (daśā, ‘fringe’), as well as perhaps Serbo-Croatian dlȁka (‘a single hair’).

In addition to the above theory, Kroonen suggests an alternative derivation as a diminutive of the root underlying either Proto-Germanic *tahjaną (‘to tear’) or *takkô (‘branch, spike’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	taglą	taglō
Acc.	taglą	taglō
Gen.	taglas, taglis	taglǫ̂
Dat.	taglai	taglamaz
Inst.	taglō	taglamiz
Voc.	taglą	taglō

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Descendants

*tagl (Proto-West Germanic)
- *tagal, *tegil, *teil (Old Dutch)
  - tale, tael, *teil (Middle Dutch)
    - teil (West Flemish)
*tagl (Proto-West Germanic)
- *tagal, *tegil, *teil (Old Dutch)
  - tale, tael, *teil (Middle Dutch)
    - teil, taal (Dutch)
      - unknown: oogtaal
*tagl (Proto-West Germanic)
- tæġl, tæġel (Old English)
  - teil, tayl, tail (Middle English)
    - tail (English)
    - tail, tale (Scots)
*tagl (Proto-West Germanic)
- *teil (Old Frisian)
  - Tail (Saterland Frisian)
  - teil (West Frisian)
*tagl (Proto-West Germanic)
- zagal, zagel, zagil (Old High German)
  - zagel, zail, zeil (Middle High German)
    - Zagel (German)
*tagl (Proto-West Germanic)
- *tagal (Old Saxon)
  - tagel (Middle Low German)
    - Tagel (Low German)
tagl (Old Norse)
- tavl (Danish)
- tagl (Faroese)
- tagl (Icelandic)
- tagl (Norwegian)
tagl (Old Norse)
- taghl (Old Swedish)
  - tagel (Swedish)
𐍄𐌰𐌲𐌻 (tagl) (Gothic)

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