Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ōþalą

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

Vṛddhi derivative of *aþalą (“nature; nobility”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔː.θɑ.lɑ̃/

Noun

*ōþalą n

1. ancestral land, the land owned by one's kin
2. (by extension) one's property, inheritance
3. (Runic alphabet) name of the O-rune (ᛟ)

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *ōþalą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*ōþalą	*ōþalō
vocative	*ōþalą	*ōþalō
accusative	*ōþalą	*ōþalō
genitive	*ōþalas, *ōþalis	*ōþalǫ̂
dative	*ōþalai	*ōþalamaz
instrumental	*ōþalō	*ōþalamiz

Derived terms

• *ōþalōną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *ōþil
  • Old English: ēþel, oeþel
  • Old Frisian: ēthel
  • Old Saxon: ōthil
  • Old High German: uodil
• Old Norse: óðal
  • Icelandic: óðal
  • Faroese: óðal
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: odal
  • Old Swedish: ōþal
    • Swedish: odal
  • Danish: odel
    • Norwegian Bokmål: odel
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: odel (Danicised form of odal)