Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aldrą

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 *h₂el-dʰr-o-m, *h₂el-tr-ó-m, an instrumental formation from *h₂el- (“to grow, nourish”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑl.drɑ̃/

Noun

*aldrą n^[1]

life
lifetime, age
Synonym: *aldiz

Synonym: *aldraz

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *aldrą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*aldrą	*aldrō
vocative	*aldrą	*aldrō
accusative	*aldrą	*aldrō
genitive	aldras, aldris	*aldrǫ̂
dative	*aldrai	*aldramaz
instrumental	*aldrō	*aldramiz

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *aldr
- Old English: ealdor, aldor, ealder
  - Middle English: alder
  - ⇒ Old English: ealdorman
    - Middle English: alderman, aldermon
      - English: alderman
- Old Frisian: alder
  - Saterland Frisian: Oaler
- Old Saxon: aldar
  - Middle Low German: alder, older, ōlder
    - German Low German: Oller, Öller
- Old Dutch: alder
  - Middle Dutch: ouder
    - Dutch: ouder
- Old High German: altar
  - Middle High German: alter
    - Alemannic German: Altar
    - Bavarian: Ålter, Oiter
    - German: Alter, Alda, Alla
      - → Luxembourgish: Alter
    - Yiddish: אַלטער (alter)
Old Norse: aldr m
- Icelandic: aldur
- Faroese: aldur
- Norwegian Bokmål: alder
- Norwegian Nynorsk: alder
- Old Swedish: alder
  - Swedish: ålder
- Danish: alder
⇒ Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌻𐌳𐍂𐍃 (framaldrs)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*aldra-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 21

[EDPG-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*aldra-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 21

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