Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ōþalą

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 edit

Etymology edit

Vṛddhi derivative of *aþalą (“nature; nobility”).^[1]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈɔː.θɑ.lɑ̃/

Noun edit

*ōþalą n

ancestral land, the land owned by one's kin
(by extension) one's property, inheritance
(Runic alphabet) name of the O-rune (ᛟ)

Inflection edit

neuter a-stemDeclension of *ōþalą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*ōþalą	*ōþalō
vocative	*ōþalą	*ōþalō
accusative	*ōþalą	*ōþalō
genitive	ōþalas, ōþalis	*ōþalǫ̂
dative	*ōþalai	*ōþalamaz
instrumental	*ōþalō	*ōþalamiz

Derived terms edit

*ōþalōną

Descendants edit

Proto-West Germanic: *ōþil
- Old English: ēþel, oeþel
- Old Frisian: ēthel
- Old Saxon: ōthil
- Old High German: uodil
Old Norse: óðal
- Icelandic: óðal
- Faroese: óðal
- Norwegian Nynorsk: odal
- Old Swedish: ōþal
  - Swedish: odal
- Danish: odel
  - Norwegian Bokmål: odel
  - → Norwegian Nynorsk: odel (Danicised form of odal)

References edit

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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