Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/alu
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From earlier *álut, from Pre-Germanic *álud, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut-. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *olъ, Old Armenian աւղի (awłi).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]*alu n[1]
Synonyms
[edit]Inflection
[edit]The nominative singular lacks the final consonant of the stem. This preserves an old sound change from late PIE, where word-final *-t becomes *-d. According to Grimm's Law, *t shifted to *þ, and *d shifted to *t. Following this, word-final *-t was lost regularly.
neuter consonant stemDeclension of *alu (neuter consonant stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *alu | *aluþ | |
vocative | *alu | *aluþ | |
accusative | *alu | *aluþ | |
genitive | *aluþiz | *aluþǫ̂ | |
dative | *aluþi | *aluþumaz | |
instrumental | *aluþē | *aluþumiz |
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *alu
- Proto-Norse: ᚨᛚᚢ (alu)
- →? Proto-Finnic: *olut
- →? Latvian: alus
- →? Ossetian: ӕлутон (æluton)