< Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic
Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/alljas
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *aljas, an adverbial genitive from *aljaz (“other”).
Adverb
*alljas
- else, otherwise, besides
Descendants
- Old English: elles
- English: else
- Old Frisian: elles, ellis
- Old Dutch: elles
- Middle Dutch: els
- Old High German: elles, alles