Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/alinu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *alinō.

Noun

*alinu f^[1]

forearm, ell

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*alinu
Genitive	*alinā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*alinu	*alinō
Accusative	*alinā	*alinā
Genitive	*alinā	*alinō
Dative	*alinē	alinōm, alinum
Instrumental	*alinu	alinōm, alinum

Descendants

Old English: eln
- Middle English: elne, elle, ellen, eln, ellyn
  - English: ell
  - Scots: elne, ellne, eln, el, ell
Old Frisian: elne, ielne
- Saterland Frisian: Äälne
- West Frisian: jelne, jellen
Old Saxon: elina
- Middle Low German: elne
  - German Low German: Ell
Old Dutch: *elina
- Middle Dutch: elle, elne
  - Dutch: el
Old High German: elina, elena, elna, elle
- Middle High German: elline, elne, elle, eln, ellen, ele
  - Cimbrian: élla
  - German: Elle
→ Vulgar Latin: *alina (also possibly from Gothic)
- Old French: alne
  - Middle French: aune
    - French: aune
    - → Italian: auna

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 330: “PWGmc *alinu”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 330: “PWGmc *alinu”

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