Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/alaz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ólos.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑ.lɑz/

Noun

*alaz m[2]

  1. awl

Inflection

Declension of *alaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *alaz *alōz, *alōs
vocative *al *alōz, *alōs
accusative *alą *alanz
genitive *alas, *alis *alǫ̂
dative *alai *alamaz
instrumental *alō *alamiz

Alternative forms

  • *alą

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old English: *al, æl, eal
    • Middle English: alle, al
      • English: awl (merged with descendant of Old English awel)
      • Scots: awl
  • Old Norse: alr
  • Gothic:
    • →? Old Prussian: ylo[3]
      • → Latvian: ĩlęns, ĩlins
      • → Lithuanian: yla

References

  1. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 244: “*hₓólehₐ- 'awl'”
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ala(n)-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 19
  3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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