Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aþalą
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Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
Unknown; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *at-al (“family, race”), from *h₂et- (“beyond, over”) + *h₂el- (“to nourish, grow”)[1].[2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Inflection edit
neuter a-stemDeclension of *aþalą (neuter a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *aþalą | *aþalō | |
vocative | *aþalą | *aþalō | |
accusative | *aþalą | *aþalō | |
genitive | *aþalas, *aþalis | *aþalǫ̂ | |
dative | *aþalai | *aþalamaz | |
instrumental | *aþalō | *aþalamiz |
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Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Most of these descendants are now masculine for unknown reasons. However, Old High German and Old Norse show that it was once neuter.
- Proto-West Germanic: *aþal
- Old Norse: aðal
References edit
- ^ O. Szemerényi (1952) “The Etymology of German Adel.”, in Word, volume 8, , →ISSN, pages 42—50.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Adel”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*aþala-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 40
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 van der Sijs, Nicoline (2010) “adel”, in Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd [Dutch words worldwide][1] (in Dutch), The Hague: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 172
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline (2010) “adel”, in Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd [Dutch words worldwide][2] (in Dutch), The Hague: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 172