Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/alasnō

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

Alternative forms

*alisnō

Etymology

From *alaz +‎ *-snō.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.lɑs.nɔː/

Noun

*alasnō f^[1]

awl

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *alasnō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*alasnō	*alasnôz
vocative	*alasnō	*alasnôz
accusative	*alasnǭ	*alasnōz
genitive	*alasnōz	*alasnǫ̂
dative	*alasnōi	*alasnōmaz
instrumental	*alasnō	*alasnōmiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *alasnu, *alisnu, *alisnu
- Old Saxon: *alansa
  - Middle Low German: alse, elase, elasene
- Old Dutch: *alsina
  - Middle Dutch: elsne, elsene, elsen, alsene
    - Dutch: els, (dialectal) elase
    - → Middle English: elsen, elsyn, elson, alsene
      - English: elsin, elsen (dialectal, UK)
      - Scots: elsin, elsing, elson
- Old High German: alansa, alesna
  - Middle High German: *alesne, *elnse
    - German: Alesne, Alse, Else (dialectal, Swiss German)
- → Vulgar Latin: *alisna, *lexina (see there for further descendants)
Gothic: *𐌰𐌻𐌹𐍃𐌽𐌰 (*alisna) (unattested; possibly loaned into Romance)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*alasnō-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 20

[EDPG-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*alasnō-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 20

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