Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/alaną
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Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi, from *h₂el- (“to raise, feed, nourish”).[1] Cognate with Latin alō (“nourish”, verb)[1].
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Conjugation of *alaną (strong class 6)
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Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁elh₂- (“to drive, move, go”). Compare Ancient Greek ἐλαύνω (elaúnō, “move”), Latin alacer (“lively, active, brisk”), Old Irish élud (“evasion”), Irish élaim (“flee”).
Verb edit
*alaną
- to spurn, kick-start, drive, set in motion, move
Inflection edit
Conjugation of *alaną (strong class 6)
Usage notes edit
- This verb is not directly attested in any daughter languages. It is evinced only by possible derivatives and related terms.
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References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009), “oud”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*alan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 19
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*alanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 12
- ^ Seebold, Elmar (1970), “AL-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 75