Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/álu

This Proto-Balto-Slavic 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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut-.

Noun

*álu n [1][2]

beer

Inflection

Mobile accent, consonant stem *alu(t)-?

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latgalian: ols m, olus
- Latvian: alus m, alas
- Lithuanian: alùs m
West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: allu n (written as Alu)
Slavic: *ȍlъ m (see there for further descendants)
→? Finnic: *olut (from oblique cases?)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) , “*ȏlъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 370: “*alu”
Derksen, Rick (2015) , “alus”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 53: “*alu”

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) , “*ȏlъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 370: “*alu”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015) , “alus”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 53: “*alu”