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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/adalaz

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

Unknown. Possibly a substrate origin. Compare Ancient Greek ἄσις (ásis, “slime, mud”).[1]

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑ.ðɑ.lɑz/

Noun

*adalaz m

  1. liquid manure
  2. filth
  3. mire; mud
  4. urine

Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *adalaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *adalaz *adalōz, *adalōs
vocative *adal *adalōz, *adalōs
accusative *adalą *adalanz
genitive *adalas, *adalis *adalǫ̂
dative *adalai *adalamaz
instrumental *adalō *adalamiz
  • *adalô

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *adal
    • Old English: adel
      • Middle English: adel
        • English: addle
        • Scots: adill
    • Old Frisian: *adel, *edel
    • Old Saxon: *adal
      • Middle Low German: adel, addel, eddel, iddel
        • Low German: Adel, Addel
    • Old Dutch: *adal
    • Old High German: *atal, *adal
      • Middle High German: *adel
  • Old Norse: *aðl
    • Norwegian: aale (dialectal)
    • Old Swedish: adel
    • Danish: adel, al (dialectal)
    • Elfdalian: aðel

References
  1. Matthias de Vries, Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864) “aalt”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001
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