Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aliskōną

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Kroonen suggests a connection with *alaną (to grow, rear).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑ.li.skɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb[edit]

*aliskōną[1]

  1. (North Germanic) to tend to, to care for

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Old Norse: elska, ælska

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*aliskōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 22