Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ālu

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 *ēlō.

Noun

*ālu f

awl
Synonyms: *al, *alasnu

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*ālu
Genitive	*ālā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ālu	*ālō
Accusative	*ālā	*ālā
Genitive	*ālā	*ālō
Dative	*ālē	ālōm, ālum
Instrumental	*ālu	ālōm, ālum

Descendants

>? Old English: āl, ǣl
Old Frisian: *âl, *ēl
- Saterland Frisian: Äil
Old Saxon: *āla
- Middle Low German: âl
  - Low German: Ahl
Old Dutch: *āla
- Middle Dutch: *âle, *ael
  - Dutch: aal (possibly borrowed)
Old High German: āla
- Middle High German: āle
  - Cimbrian: aala
  - German: Ahle

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