Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ailą

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

From earlier *aidlą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éydʰ-lom, from *h₂eydʰ- (“to burn”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯.lɑ̃/

Noun edit

*ailą n^[1]

(West Germanic) fire
Synonyms: *ailidaz, *fōr, *uzjǭ

Inflection edit

neuter a-stemDeclension of *ailą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*ailą	*ailō
vocative	*ailą	*ailō
accusative	*ailą	*ailō
genitive	ailas, ailis	*ailǫ̂
dative	*ailai	*ailamaz
instrumental	*ailō	*ailamiz

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

*aidaz

Descendants edit

Proto-West Germanic: *ail
- Old English: āl
→ Proto-Finnic: *ailas (see there for further descendants)

References edit

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

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

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