Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/alahsinā

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Presumably borrowed from Latin aloxinum, if not the other way around, or possibly from *alh (“protection; temple”) or *algōn (“to defend, protect”) +‎ *sinn (“sense, perception”, agent suffix) +‎ *-jā for its alleged mental curative properties, compare *warjamōdā (“wormwood”), perhaps from *warjan (“to defend against”) +‎ *mōd (“mind, sense”).

Noun

*alahsinā f

1. wormwood

   Synonym: *warjamōdā

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*alahsinā
Genitive	*alahsinōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*alahsinā	*alahsinōn
Accusative	*alahsinōn	*alahsinōn
Genitive	*alahsinōn	*alahsinōnō
Dative	*alahsinōn	*alahsinōm, *alahsinum
Instrumental	*alahsinōn	*alahsinōm, *alahsinum

Related terms

• *alahsan (< Latin aloxanus, alosanus)
  • Old High German: alahsan m

Descendants

• Old Saxon: *alasina
  • Middle Low German: alsen, alsene
    • German Low German:

      Westmünsterländisch: Als, Alsen, Alsten, Alpsen

• Old Dutch: *alasina
  • Middle Dutch: alsene
    • Dutch: alsem, alsene, alsine, alsen, alssen
      • Afrikaans: alsem
      • → West Frisian: alsem
      • → Japanese: アルセム (arusemu)
• Old High German: alahsna, alesina
  • Middle High German: alsen, alsene
    • German: Alsem
    • Luxembourgish: Alzem
• →? Medieval Latin: aloxinum, aloxanum, aloxmum, aloxanus, alosanus (see there for further descendants)