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 a substrate origin. Compare Ancient Greek ἄσις (ásis, “slime, mud”).

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.ðɑ.lɑz/

Noun

*adalaz m

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

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension 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

Related terms

• *adalô

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *adal
  • Old English: adel
    • Middle English: adel
      • English: addle
      • Scots: adill
  • Old Frisian: *adel, *edel
    • North Frisian: ethel
    • Saterland Frisian: Adel
    • West Frisian: ael, aal
  • Old Saxon: *adal
    • Middle Low German: adel, addel, eddel, iddel
      • Low German: Adel, Addel
  • Old Dutch: *adal
    • Middle Dutch: adel, ael, *aald
      • Dutch: aal, aalt
  • Old High German: *atal, *adal
    • Middle High German: *adel
      • German: Adel
      • Bavarian: Adel
• Old Norse: *aðl
  • Norwegian: aale (dialectal)
  • Old Swedish: adel
    • Swedish: adel, al
  • Danish: adel, al (dialectal)
  • Elfdalian: aðel