Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aldijǫ̂ barnō

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

From *aldijǫ̂ + *barnō, i.e. “children of men”. The phrase may well have originated in a later Germanic language and spread to the others through diffusion during late antiquity or the early Middle Ages, meaning the term need not necessarily have existed in Proto-Germanic.

Noun

*aldijǫ̂ barnō n pl

1. (poetic) "children of men"; mankind

   Synonyms: *alamann-, *alaþeudō, *manakunją

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *aldijō barnu
  • Old English: ielda bearn, yldo bearn
  • Old Saxon: eldibarn
• Proto-Norse:
  • Old Norse: alda bǫrn