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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aldaz
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós, from *h₂el- (“to grow, nourish”); equivalent to the old past participle of *alaną (“to grow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑl.dɑz/
Adjective
*aldaz (comparative *alþizô, superlative *alþistaz)[1]
- old, grown up
- Synonyms: *gamalaz, *senaz, *sinīgaz
Inflection
Declension of *aldaz (a-stem)
Strong declension | ||||||
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Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *aldaz | *aldai | *aldō | *aldôz | *aldą, -atō | *aldō |
Accusative | *aldanǭ | *aldanz | *aldǭ | *aldōz | *aldą, -atō | *aldō |
Genitive | *aldas, -is | *aldaizǫ̂ | *aldaizōz | *aldaizǫ̂ | *aldas, -is | *aldaizǫ̂ |
Dative | *aldammai | *aldaimaz | *aldaizōi | *aldaimaz | *aldammai | *aldaimaz |
Instrumental | *aldanō | *aldaimiz | *aldaizō | *aldaimiz | *aldanō | *aldaimiz |
Weak declension | ||||||
Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *aldô | *aldaniz | *aldǭ | *aldōniz | *aldô | *aldōnō |
Accusative | *aldanų | *aldanunz | *aldōnų | *aldōnunz | *aldô | *aldōnō |
Genitive | *aldiniz | *aldanǫ̂ | *aldōniz | *aldōnǫ̂ | *aldiniz | *aldanǫ̂ |
Dative | *aldini | *aldammaz | *aldōni | *aldōmaz | *aldini | *aldammaz |
Instrumental | *aldinē | *aldammiz | *aldōnē | *aldōmiz | *aldinē | *aldammiz |
Derived terms
- *aldijaną
- *alþį̄
Related terms
- *alaną
- *aldiz
- *aldrą
- *aljaną
- *weraldiz
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *ald
- Old English: eald, ald, eold, æld, eld
- Middle English: olde, old, ald
- English: old
- Scots: auld
- Yola: yole, yold
- Middle English: olde, old, ald
- Old Frisian: ald
- North Frisian: ual, uul, ool
- Saterland Frisian: oold
- West Frisian: âld
- Old Saxon: ald
- Middle Low German: ôlt, old
- German Low German: old, oold, ol, olt
- → German: oll
- Plautdietsch: oolt
- German Low German: old, oold, ol, olt
- Middle Low German: ôlt, old
- Old Dutch: alt
- Middle Dutch: out
- Dutch: oud
- Afrikaans: oud
- Berbice Creole Dutch: hau
- Jersey Dutch: āud, āut
- Negerhollands: oud, ouw, houw, hou
- Skepi Creole Dutch: ou, oud
- Limburgish: aad
- Dutch: oud
- Middle Dutch: out
- Old High German: alt, ald
- Middle High German: alt
- Alemannic German: altu, oalt, oalt, olt, àltà (Italian Walser)
- Bavarian:
- Apeltonerisch: old
- Cimbrian: alt
- Mòcheno: òlt
- Northern Bavarian: [ɔːld̥]
- Udinese: olt, òlt
- Central Franconian: alt
- Hunsrik: alt
- Kirchröadsj: aod, auw
- Luxembourgish: al
- German: alt
- Rhine Franconian: alt, all
- Frankfurterisch: [ɑːl], [aːl]
- Pennsylvania German: alt
- Vilamovian: aołd
- Yiddish: אַלט (alt)
- Middle High German: alt
- Old English: eald, ald, eold, æld, eld
- Old Norse: aldinn
- Icelandic: aldinn
- Gothic: 𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍃 (alþeis)
- Crimean Gothic: alt
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*alda-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 20