Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aþalą

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From *aþalaz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.θɑ.lɑ̃/

Noun

*aþalą n [1]

nobility
kin, lineage

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *aþalą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*aþalą	*aþalō
vocative	*aþalą	*aþalō
accusative	*aþalą	*aþalō
genitive	aþalas, aþalis	*aþalǫ̂
dative	*aþalai	*aþalamaz
instrumental	*aþalō	*aþalamiz

Related terms

*aþalaz

Descendants

Most of these descendants are now masculine for unknown reasons. However, Old High German and Old Norse show that it was once neuter.

Old English: æþel-; æþele
Old Frisian: *athel, *ethel
- Saterland Frisian: Oadel
- West Frisian: adel
Old Saxon: *athal, athal-
- Middle Low German: adel, adele, addel
  - Low German: Adel
Old Dutch: *athal
- Middle Dutch: adel
  - Dutch: adel
    - Afrikaans: adel
Old High German: adal
- Middle High German: adel
  - German: Adel
  - Yiddish: אַדל‎ (adl)
Old Norse: aðal
- Icelandic: aðal
- Faroese: aðal
- Norwegian: adel
- Swedish: adel

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*aþala-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 40

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[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*aþala-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 40