âlder

See also: alder, Alder, ålder, and Alder.

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian alder, elder, aldera, ieldera, from Proto-Germanic *alþizô, comparative of *aldaz (“old”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔːdər/

Noun

âlder c (plural âlders or âlden)

1. parent

Derived terms

• foarâlder

Further reading

• “âlder (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011