Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/alizō

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

*alisō

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂élis- (“alder”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.li.zɔː/

Noun

*alizō f^[1]

alder

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *alizō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*alizō	*alizôz
vocative	*alizō	*alizôz
accusative	*alizǭ	*alizōz
genitive	*alizōz	*alizǫ̂
dative	*alizōi	*alizōmaz
instrumental	*alizō	*alizōmiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *aliʀu, *alisu, *aluʀu
- Old English: alor, aler
  - Middle English: aldre, alder, aldur, aldyr, aleyre, aller, alre, althir, olr
    - English: alder
    - Scots: aller
- Old Dutch: *alisa
  - Middle Dutch: else
    - Dutch: els
      - Afrikaans: els
- Old High German: alar, erila, elira, *alisa, *elisa
  - Middle High German: alze, els, eller, elre
    - German: Erle
- → Vulgar Latin: *alisa
  - Old French: alie, allie, alis
    - Middle French: alie, alise
      - French: alise
Old Norse: ǫlr, alr
- Icelandic: elri
- Norwegian: or, older
- Danish: el
Gothic: *𐌰𐌻𐌹𐍃𐌰 (*alisa)
- →? Spanish: aliso

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*alis/z-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 22

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*alis/z-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 22

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