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Reconstruction:Old Saxon/athal

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 This Old Saxon 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.

Old Saxon

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *aþuli, from Proto-Germanic *aþulijaz. Cognate with Old High German adal (German edel), Old Norse aðall.

Noun

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*athal n

  1. noble

Declension

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*athal (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *athal *athal
accusative *athal *athal
genitive *athales *athalō
dative *athale *athalun
instrumental — —

Descendants

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  • Middle Low German: adel, adele, addel
    • Low German: Adel
    • Westphalian:
      Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: iadel
    • → Norwegian: adel[1]
    • → Swedish: adel[1]
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 van der Sijs, Nicoline (2010), “adel”, in Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd [Dutch words worldwide]‎[1] (in Dutch), The Hague: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 172
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