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 of substrate origin. Has been compared to Ancient Greek ὄνθος (ónthos, “dung of animals”),[1] ἄσις (ásis, “slime, mud”).[2]

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑ.ðɑ.lɑz/

Noun

*adalaz m[1]

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

Inflection

Declension 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

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003), “*adelaz ~ *adelōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 2
  2. ^ Matthias de Vries; Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864), “aalt”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001
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