Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/alaną
Proto-Germanic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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From Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi, from *h₂el- (“to raise, feed, nourish”).[1] Cognate with Latin alō (“nourish”, verb)[1].
Verb
*alaną[2]
Inflection
Conjugation of *alaną (strong class 6)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Old English: alan
- Old Norse: ala
- Icelandic: ala
- Faroese: ala
- Norwegian: ala
- Old Swedish: ala
- Old Danish: alæ
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- Gothic: 𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌽 (alan)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-European *ela- (“to drive, move, go”). Compare Ancient Greek ἐλαύνω (elaúnō, “move”), Latin alacer (“lively, active, brisk”), Old Irish élud (“evasion”), Irish élaim (“flee”).
Verb
*alaną
- to spurn, kick-start, drive
Usage notes
- This verb is not directly attested in any daughter languages. It is evinced only by possible derivatives and related terms.
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “oud”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*alan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 19