Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *alawaldaz ~ alawaldôScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_alawaldaz_alawaldô
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Nominal compounds in GermanicCharles T.CarrLondonOxford University Press1939A Grammar of Proto-GermanicWinfred P.LehmannUniversity of Texas Press1986bA Handbook of Germanic EtymologyVladimirOrelBrill2003πᾰντοκρᾰ́τωρone who is all-powerful or omnipotentomnipotensomnipotent, all-powerful, almighty𐌰𐌻𐌻𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃almighty ruler
nounmasculinea-stemruler of all; sovereign, supreme rulerthe Almighty, as an epithet of God or ChristFrom *ala- + the verbal stem *wald- of *waldaną, with two synonymous masculine formations: strong a-stem *alawaldaz and weak an-stem *alawaldô, literally ‘one who rules all’ Carr 1939: 57Lehmann 1986b: 29Orel 2003: 13. Old Norse continued the weak stem variant, while West Germanic continued the a-stem variant. According to Carr, there is some doubt as to whether it was a Proto-Germanic word or independently created in the daughter languages. Its use preceded Christianity in Old Norse, with the strong a-stem being a possible original PGmc form. Its religious use in both Old Norse and West Germanic was likely a calque of Latin omnipotensCarr 1939: 57. Closely related is the Gothic term 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃, based on a substantivized participle of a Gothic reflex of PGmc *waldaną. Lehmann assumes the word is a calque of Ancient Greek πᾰντοκρᾰ́τωρLehmann 1986b: 29.
Declension
The declension shows this noun as both an a-stem and an-stem.