Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/alaz

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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 Proto-Indo-European *h₁ólos.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

*alaz m[2]

  1. awl

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *alaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *alaz *alōz, *alōs
vocative *al *alōz, *alōs
accusative *alą *alanz
genitive *alas, *alis *alǫ̂
dative *alai *alamaz
instrumental *alō *alamiz

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old English: *al, æl, eal
    • Middle English: alle, al
      • English: awl (merged with descendant of Old English awel)
      • Scots: awl
  • Old Norse: alr
  • Gothic:

References

  1. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 244:*hₓólehₐ- 'awl'
  2. 2.0 2.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*ala(n)-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 19
  3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN