Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/augapl

This Proto-West Germanic 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.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *augā (“eye”) +‎ *apl (“apple, fruit”).

Noun

*augapl m

1. eyeball

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*augapl
Genitive	*augapplas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*augapl	*augapplō, *augapplōs
Accusative	*augapl	*augapplā
Genitive	*augapplas	*augapplō
Dative	*augapplē	*augapplum
Instrumental	*augapplu	*augapplum

Descendants

• Old English: ēagæppel
  • Middle English: ij appel
    • English: eye-apple
    • ⇒ Middle English: appel of þe eyȝe, appel of the eie, appel of the yë
      • English: apple of the eye
• Old Frisian: āgappel
  • Saterland Frisian: Oogappel
  • West Frisian: eachappel
• Old Saxon: *ougaappul, *ougaappel
  • Middle Low German: ôgeappel
    • Low German: Oogappel
    • → Danish: øjeæble (calque)
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: øyeeple (calque)
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: augeeple (calque)
• Old Dutch: *ougappul
  • Middle Dutch: ogeappel
    • Dutch: oogappel
      • Afrikaans: oogappel
• Old High German: ougapful, augaphul
  • Middle High German: ougapfel
    • German: Augapfel