Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ōþalą

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 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

Vṛddhi derivative of *aþalą (“nature; nobility”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

*ōþalą n

  1. ancestral land, the land owned by one's kin
  2. (by extension) one's property, inheritance
  3. (Runic alphabet) name of the rune ᛟ (o)

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *ōþalą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *ōþalą *ōþalō
vocative *ōþalą *ōþalō
accusative *ōþalą *ōþalō
genitive *ōþalas, *ōþalis *ōþalǫ̂
dative *ōþalai *ōþalamaz
instrumental *ōþalō *ōþalamiz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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