Alis
English
Middle English
Proper noun
Alis
- Alice
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Wyfe of Bathes Prologue”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:
- That Iankin clerk, and my gossib dame Alis, / And I my-self, in-to the feldes wente.
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Welsh
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French Alys, Alice, from Old High German Adalheidis, from Proto-Germanic *aþalaz (“noble”) + *haiduz (“character”).
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈalɨ̞s/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈalɪs/
- Rhymes: -alɨ̞s
Derived terms
- malws Alis (“vervain mallow”)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| Alis | unchanged | unchanged | Halis |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
Heini Gruffudd (2010) Enwau Cymraeg i Blant / Welsh Names for Children, Y Lolfa, →ISBN, page 13
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