Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aþal

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aþalą.

Noun

*aþal n

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*aþal
Genitive	*aþalas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*aþal	*aþalu
Accusative	*aþal	*aþalu
Genitive	*aþalas	*aþalō
Dative	*aþalē	*aþalum
Instrumental	*aþalu	*aþalum

Descendants

Old English: æþele
Old Frisian: *athel, *ethel
- Saterland Frisian: Oadel
- West Frisian: adel
Old Saxon: *athal
- Middle Low German: adel, adele, addel
  - Low German: Adel
  - Westphalian:
    Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: iadel
  - → Norwegian: adel^[1]
  - → Swedish: adel^[1]
    - → Finnish: aateli^[1]
Old Dutch: *athal
- Middle Dutch: adel
  - Dutch: adel
    - Afrikaans: adel
    - → Estonian: aadel^[2]
    - → Javanese: adhel
    - → Papiamentu: adel
Old High German: adal
- Middle High German: adel
  - German: Adel
    - → Estonian: aadel
  - Yiddish: אַדל (adl)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 van der Sijs, Nicoline (2010) “adel”, in Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd [Dutch words worldwide]‎ (in Dutch), The Hague: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 172
^ van der Sijs, Nicoline (2010) “adel”, in Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd [Dutch words worldwide]‎ (in Dutch), The Hague: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 172

[van_der_Sijs-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 van der Sijs, Nicoline (2010) “adel”, in Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd [Dutch words worldwide]‎ (in Dutch), The Hague: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 172

[2] van der Sijs, Nicoline (2010) “adel”, in Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd [Dutch words worldwide]‎ (in Dutch), The Hague: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 172

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