Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ailą

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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

From earlier *aidlą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éydʰ-lom, from *h₂eydʰ- (“to burn”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

*ailą n[1]

  1. (West Germanic) fire
    Synonyms: *ailidaz, *fōr, *uzjǭ

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *ailą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *ailą *ailō
vocative *ailą *ailō
accusative *ailą *ailō
genitive *ailas, *ailis *ailǫ̂
dative *ailai *ailamaz
instrumental *ailō *ailamiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *ail
    • Old English: āl
  • → Proto-Finnic: *ailas (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*ailida-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 11: “*aila-”
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