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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aldaz

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 Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós, from *h₂el- (to grow, nourish); equivalent to the old past participle of *alaną (to grow).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑl.dɑz/

Adjective

*aldaz (comparative *alþizô, superlative *alþistaz) [1]

  1. old, grown up

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Descendants

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*alda-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 20
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