Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ālu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ēlō.

Noun

*ālu f

awl
Synonym: *al

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*ālu
Genitive	*ālā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ālu	*ālō
Accusative	*ālā	*ālā
Genitive	*ālā	*ālō
Dative	*ālē	*ālōm
Instrumental	*ālu	*ālōm

Descendants

Old English: ǣl
Old Saxon: *āla
- Middle Low German: âl
  - Low German: Ahl
Old Dutch: *āla
- Middle Dutch: *âle
  - Dutch: aal (possibly borrowed)
Old High German: āla
- Middle High German: āle
  - Cimbrian: aala
  - German: Ahle