ellan

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish ailén.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈelʲan/

Noun

ellan m or f (genitive singular ellan, plural ellanyn)

island
isle

Derived terms

ellan chorralagh f (“coral island, atoll”)
Ellan Eeaght (“the Isle of Wight”)
Ellan Ulvey (“Ulva”)
Ellan Vannin (“Isle of Man”)
Ellan y Phrinse Edard (“Prince Edward Island”)
ellaneen m (“islet”)
ellanragh (“archipelago”)
neuellanagh (“mainland, non-Manx, newcomer”)
Ny h-Ellanyn Balearagh pl (“the Balearic Islands”)
Ny hEllanyn Philippeenagh pl (“the Philippines”)

References

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ailén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old High German

Alternative forms

ellen, ellian, eillan

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *alljan, from Proto-Germanic *aljaną (“zeal, strength”). As an element in proper nouns only in Upper High German from the 8th C.. The regular onomastic base from this root is Proto-West Germanic *alljā (Old High German ella), Proto-Germanic *aljǭ (“perseverance, passion, rival, lover”) (ōn-stem), and the Upper German compound form ellan- may simply be the oblique case, and not directly from *alljan.

Noun

ellan n or m

Declension

Declension of **ellan** (neuter a-stem)
case	singular	plural
nominative	ellan	ellan
accusative	ellan	ellan
genitive	ellanes	ellano
dative	ellane	ellanum
instrumental	ellanu	—

Derived terms

ellanāri m
ellanhaft (adjective)
ellanlīhho (adverb)
ellanōd m

Related terms

ella f
ellanōn (verb)
ellanunga f
ello m

Descendants

Middle High German: ellen

References

Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “ellan”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎^[1] (in German), 6th edition
Joseph Wright (1906), “ellen, ellian”, in An Old High German Primer‎^[2], Second edition (in English), Oxford: The Clarendon Press, →OCLC, →OL, Glossary, page 153
Karg-Gasterstädt, Elisabeth; Frings, Theodor; et al., editors (1952–2022), “ellan”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎^[3] (in German), Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, via Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig

Old Saxon

Noun

ellan ?

alternative form of ellian