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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.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Unknown. Possibly related to *erǭ (“battle”), with agentive suffix *-ilaz, thus meaning ‘one who makes war’.
Pronunciation
Noun
*erlaz m
- man, nobleman
Inflection
Declension of *erlaz (masculine a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*erlaz
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*erlōz, *erlōs
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| vocative
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*erl
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*erlōz, *erlōs
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| accusative
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*erlą
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*erlanz
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| genitive
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*erlas, *irlis
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*erlǫ̂
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| dative
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*erlai
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*erlamaz
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| instrumental
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*erlō
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*erlamiz
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Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *erl
- Old English: eorl
- Middle English: erl, erle, ȝierl, eerl, erille, eryl, ȝerle, ȝorle, yerl (Late Middle English), eorl, url (Southern, West Midland)
- Old Saxon: erl
- Proto-Norse: ᛖᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (erilaʀ), ᛁᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (irilaʀ)
- >? Latin: Heruli, Eruli