Old English · noun
angol
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈɑn.ɡol/[ˈɑŋ.ɡol]
- Syllables
- ˈɑn · ɡol (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- fishhookangle
Meaning
-
fishhook
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *angul, from Proto-Germanic *angulaz (“fishhook”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enkulós (“bent, crooked”). Cognate with Old Frisian *ongel, Old Saxon angul, Old High German angul, Old Norse ǫngull, and outside of Germanic, with Ancient Greek ἀγκύλος (ankúlos, “bent, crooked”).
Descendants
angle
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