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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/alasnō

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

Alternative forms
  • *alisnō

Etymology

From *alaz +‎ *-snō.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑ.lɑs.nɔː/

Noun

*alasnō f[1]

  1. awl

Inflection
ō-stemDeclension of *alasnō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *alasnō *alasnôz
vocative *alasnō *alasnôz
accusative *alasnǭ *alasnōz
genitive *alasnōz *alasnǫ̂
dative *alasnōi *alasnōmaz
instrumental *alasnō *alasnōmiz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *alasnu, *alisnu, *alisnu
    • Old Saxon: *alansa
      • Middle Low German: alse, elase, elasene
    • Old Dutch: *alsina
      • Middle Dutch: elsne, elsene, elsen, alsene
        • Dutch: els, (dialectal) elase
        • → Middle English: elsen, elsyn, elson, alsene
    • Old High German: alansa, alesna
      • Middle High German: *alesne, *elnse
        • German: Alesne, Alse, Else (dialectal, Swiss German)
    • → Vulgar Latin: *alisna, *lexina (see there for further descendants)
  • Gothic: *𐌰𐌻𐌹𐍃𐌽𐌰 (*alisna) (unattested; possibly loaned into Romance)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*alasnō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 20
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