Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aljaz
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ályos.
Pronunciation
Determiner
*aljaz[1]
Inflection
Declension of *aljaz (ja-stem, strong only)
strong declension | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
nominative | *aljaz | *aljai | *aljō | *aljôz | *alją, *-at(ō) | *aljō |
accusative | *aljanǭ | *aljanz | *aljǭ | *aljōz | *alją, *-at(ō) | *aljō |
genitive | *aljas, *alis | *aljaizǫ̂ | *aljaizōz | *aljaizǫ̂ | *aljas, *alis | *aljaizǫ̂ |
dative | *aljammai | *aljaimaz | *aljaizōi | *aljaimaz | *aljammai | *aljaimaz |
instrumental | *aljanō | *aljaimiz | *aljaizō | *aljaimiz | *aljanō | *aljaimiz |
Related terms
Descendants
Among most descendants, only the genitive survives as an adverb *aljas (“other, else”), or in other formations (*aljǭ (“but”), *aljalīkô (“otherwise”)) or compounds, e.g., *aljalandijaz ~ *alilandijaz ~ *aljalandiją (“foreign country”).
- Lua error in Module:etymology/templates/descendant at line 287: You specified a term in 4= and not one in 3=. You probably meant to use t= to specify a gloss instead. If you intended to specify two terms, put the second term in 3=., ele-, el- (prefix)
- English: else
- Old Frisian: elles, ellis (“else, besides”)
- Old Saxon: eli-
- Old Dutch: eli-, ele-
- Old High German: elles, alles
- Old Norse: ella, ellar "or" (< *aljǭ)
- Lua error in Module:etymology/templates/descendant at line 287: You specified a term in 4= and not one in 3=. You probably meant to use t= to specify a gloss instead. If you intended to specify two terms, put the second term in 3=.
- Lua error in Module:etymology/templates/descendant at line 287: You specified a term in 4= and not one in 3=. You probably meant to use t= to specify a gloss instead. If you intended to specify two terms, put the second term in 3=.
- Lua error in Module:etymology/templates/descendant at line 287: You specified a term in 4= and not one in 3=. You probably meant to use t= to specify a gloss instead. If you intended to specify two terms, put the second term in 3=.
- Lua error in Module:etymology/templates/descendant at line 287: You specified a term in 4= and not one in 3=. You probably meant to use t= to specify a gloss instead. If you intended to specify two terms, put the second term in 3=.
- Lua error in Module:etymology/templates/descendant at line 287: You specified a term in 4= and not one in 3=. You probably meant to use t= to specify a gloss instead. If you intended to specify two terms, put the second term in 3=.
- Old Swedish: ælla, ællar (“or”)
- Lua error in Module:etymology/templates/descendant at line 287: You specified a term in 4= and not one in 3=. You probably meant to use t= to specify a gloss instead. If you intended to specify two terms, put the second term in 3=.
- Lua error in Module:etymology/templates/descendant at line 287: You specified a term in 4= and not one in 3=. You probably meant to use t= to specify a gloss instead. If you intended to specify two terms, put the second term in 3=.
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "gmq-bot" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF., Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "gmq-bot" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "gmq-bot" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "gmq-bot" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "gmq-bot" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
- Lua error in Module:etymology/templates/descendant at line 287: You specified a term in 4= and not one in 3=. You probably meant to use t= to specify a gloss instead. If you intended to specify two terms, put the second term in 3=., 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰 (alja, “but, except”) (< *aljǭ)
Further reading
- Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN