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Proto-Germanic: *igalō(n)
Meaning: leech
IE etymology: IE etymology
Old Norse: skāri 'junge Möwe'
Norwegian: dial. igle `Wurm in der Schafleber'
Danish: igle `ein schmarotzender Blattwurm in den ingeweiden der Tiere und in der Haut und den Kiemen der Fische'
Old Saxon: egela f.
Middle Dutch: echel, egele, eggle
Dutch: zuidnl. echel
Middle Low German: ēgel(e), eyle, il(e)
Old High German: egala f. `Egel m. (blutsaugender Ringelwurm)' (8.Jh.)
Middle High German: ëgel(e) wk. f. 'blutegel'
German: Egel
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *egh-
Meaning: worm, snake
Armenian: iž `snake' (<*ēghi-)
Old Greek: ékhi-s m.(/f). `Viper; Otter', ékhidna f. `id.'
Germanic: *ig-al-ō(n-) f.
Celtic: *egi- > Cymr euod `lumbrici lati in hepate ovium', euon `Pferdewürmer'
Russ. meaning: жаба (червь, змея)
References: WP I 63 f
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