Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/alaz

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

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ólos.[1][2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.lɑz/

Noun

*alaz m[2]

awl

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *alaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*alaz	alōz, alōs
vocative	*al	alōz, alōs
accusative	*alą	*alanz
genitive	alas, alis	*alǫ̂
dative	*alai	*alamaz
instrumental	*alō	*alamiz

Alternative forms

*alą

Derived terms

*alasnō

Related terms

*alusnō
*ēlaz
*ēlō

Descendants

Old English: *al, æl, eal
- Middle English: alle, al
  - English: awl (merged with descendant of Old English awel)
  - Scots: awl
Old Norse: alr
- Icelandic: alur
- Norwegian: ale
Gothic:
- →? Old Prussian: ylo[3]
  - → Latvian: ĩlęns, ĩlins
  - → Lithuanian: yla

References

Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 244: “*hₓólehₐ- 'awl'”
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*ala(n)-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 19
Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[1] Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 244: “*hₓólehₐ- 'awl'”

[EDPG-2] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*ala(n)-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 19

[3] Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN