Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/alþizô

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

Etymology

See *aldaz.

Adjective

*alþizô

1. comparative degree of *aldaz

Inflection

Declension of *alþizô (n-stem)

Case	Masculine		Feminine		Neuter
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*alþizô	*alþizaniz	*alþizǭ	*alþizōniz	*alþizô	*alþizōnō
Accusative	*alþizanų	*alþizanunz	*alþizōnų	*alþizōnunz	*alþizô	*alþizōnō
Genitive	*alþiziniz	*alþizanǫ̂	*alþizōniz	*alþizōnǫ̂	*alþiziniz	*alþizanǫ̂
Dative	*alþizini	*alþizammaz	*alþizōni	*alþizōmaz	*alþizini	*alþizammaz
Instrumental	*alþizinē	*alþizammiz	*alþizōnē	*alþizōmiz	*alþizinē	*alþizammiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *alþiʀō
  • Old English: eldra, ieldra, yldra — West Saxon
    • Middle English: eldre
      • English: elder
      • Scots: elder
  • Old Frisian: aldera, eldera, alder, elder
    • North Frisian: ääler, ialer
    • West Frisian: âlder
  • Old Saxon: aldiro
    • Middle Low German: eldere, elder, alder, ȫldere
      • German Low German: öller
      • ⇒ Middle Low German: ȫlderen, olderen, oldern, oldren, alderen
        • German Low German: Ollern
  • Old High German: altiro
    • Middle High German: elter
      • Central Franconian: ääler, älder
      • Cimbrian: éltor
      • German: älter
      • Luxembourgish: eeler
      • Pennsylvania German: elder
      • Yiddish: עלטער (elter)
    • ⇒ Old High German: eltiron, altirōn pl
      • Middle High German: eltern, altern
        • German: Eltern
• Old Norse: ellri
  • Icelandic: eldri
  • Faroese: eldri
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: eldre
  • Norwegian Bokmål: eldre
  • Old Swedish: ældre
    • Swedish: äldre
  • Danish: ældre
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌹𐌶𐌰 (alþiza)