Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/alasnu

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

Alternative forms

*alisnu

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *alasnō (“awl”). Equivalent to *al (“awl”) +‎ *-snu.

Noun

*alasnu f

awl
Synonyms: *al, *ālu

Declension

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*alasnu
Genitive	*alasnā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*alasnu	*alasnō
Accusative	*alasnā	*alasnā
Genitive	*alasnā	*alasnō
Dative	*alasnē	alasnōm, alasnum
Instrumental	*alasnu	alasnōm, alasnum

Descendants

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)