Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/allaz

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 pre-Germanic *h₂elnós, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“beyond, other”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑl.lɑz/

Determiner

*allaz

  1. all
  2. whole, entire

Inflection

In compound words, the stem *ala- was apparently used instead of the regular *alla-. This might be evidence of an older heteroclitic or perhaps n-stem paradigm, in which *aln- became *all-.

Declension of *allaz (a-stem, strong only)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *allaz *allō *allą, *-at(ō) *allai *allôz *allō
accusative *allanǭ *allǭ *allą, *-at(ō) *allanz *allōz *allō
genitive *allas, *allis *allaizōz *allas, *allis *allaizǫ̂ *allaizǫ̂ *allaizǫ̂
dative *allammai *allaizōi *allammai *allaimaz *allaimaz *allaimaz
instrumental *allanō *allaizō *allanō *allaimiz *allaimiz *allaimiz

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*alla-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 23
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