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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ōþalą

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

Vṛddhi derivative of *aþalą (“nature; nobility”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɔː.θɑ.lɑ̃/

Noun

*ōþalą n

  1. ancestral land, the land owned by one's kin
  2. (by extension) one's property, inheritance
  3. (Runic alphabet) name of the O-rune (ᛟ)

Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *ōþalą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *ōþalą *ōþalō
vocative *ōþalą *ōþalō
accusative *ōþalą *ōþalō
genitive *ōþalas, *ōþalis *ōþalǫ̂
dative *ōþalai *ōþalamaz
instrumental *ōþalō *ōþalamiz

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *ōþil
    • Old English: ēþel, oeþel
    • Old Frisian: ēthel
    • Old Saxon: ōthil
    • Old High German: uodil
  • Old Norse: óðal
    • Icelandic: óðal
    • Faroese: óðal
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: odal
    • Old Swedish: ōþal
    • Danish: odel
      • Norwegian Bokmål: odel
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: odel (Danicised form of odal)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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