Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aldrą

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 *h₂el-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑl.drɑ̃/

Noun

*aldrą n [1]

life
lifetime; age
Synonym: *aldraz

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *aldrą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*aldrą	*aldrō
vocative	*aldrą	*aldrō
accusative	*aldrą	*aldrō
genitive	aldras, aldris	*aldrǫ̂
dative	*aldrai	*aldramaz
instrumental	*aldrō	*aldramiz

Descendants

Old English: ealdor, aldor, ealder
- Middle English: alder
- ⇒ Old English: ealdorman
  - Middle English: alderman, aldermon
    - English: alderman
Old Frisian: alder
- Saterland Frisian: Oaler
Old Saxon: aldar
- Middle Low German: alder, older, ōlder
  - German Low German: Oller
Old Dutch: alder
- Middle Dutch: ouder
Old High German: altar
- Middle High German: alter
  - Alemannic German: Altar
  - Bavarian: Oida
  - German: Alter
    - → Luxembourgish: Alter
  - Yiddish: אַלטער‎ (alter)
Old Norse: aldr m
- Faroese: aldur
- Icelandic: aldur
- Norwegian: alder
- Old Swedish: alder
  - Swedish: ålder
- Danish: alder
- Westrobothnian: aldr

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*aldra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 21

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[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*aldra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 21