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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aldaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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”). Compare Latin altus (“tall, high”) with a similar origin.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑl.dɑz/

Adjective

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

  1. old, grown up
    Synonyms: *gamalaz, *senaz, *sinīgaz

Inflection
Declension of *aldaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Plural Singular Plural Singular Plural
Nominative *aldaz *aldai *aldō *aldôz *aldą, -atō *aldō
Accusative *aldanǭ *aldanz *aldǭ *aldōz *aldą, -atō *aldō
Genitive *aldas, -is *aldaizǫ̂ *aldaizōz *aldaizǫ̂ *aldas, -is *aldaizǫ̂
Dative *aldammai *aldaimaz *aldaizōi *aldaimaz *aldammai *aldaimaz
Instrumental *aldanō *aldaimiz *aldaizō *aldaimiz *aldanō *aldaimiz
Weak declension
Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Plural Singular Plural Singular Plural
Nominative *aldô *aldaniz *aldǭ *aldōniz *aldô *aldōnō
Accusative *aldanų *aldanunz *aldōnų *aldōnunz *aldô *aldōnō
Genitive *aldiniz *aldanǫ̂ *aldōniz *aldōnǫ̂ *aldiniz *aldanǫ̂
Dative *aldini *aldammaz *aldōni *aldōmaz *aldini *aldammaz
Instrumental *aldinē *aldammiz *aldōnē *aldōmiz *aldinē *aldammiz


Derived terms

Descendants

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