engil

Old High German

Alternative forms

angil

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”).

Noun

engil m

(religion) angel

Descendants

Middle High German: engel
- Alemannic German: Ängel, Ängu
  Swabian: Engele
- Bavarian: Engl
  Cimbrian: énghel
- German: Engel
- Luxembourgish: Engel

Old Saxon

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”).

Noun

engil m

(religion) angel

Declension

Declension of engil (masculine a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	engil	englos
accusative	engil	englos
genitive	engles	englō
dative	engle	englum
instrumental	—	—

Descendants

Middle Low German: engel
- Low German:
  - German Low German: Engel
    - Plautdietsch: Enjel
  - → Estonian: ingel

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