Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *aldazScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_aldaz
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From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English, 2nd edition)DonRingeOxfordOxford University Press2017Lexikon der indogermanischen VerbenHelmutRixMartinKümmelThomasZehnderReinerLippBrigitteSchirmerWiesbadenReichert2001The American heritage dictionary of Indo-European rootsCalvertWatkinsBostonHoughton Mifflin Harcourt2011Studies on deverbal -tó- formations in Ancient Greek and Indo-EuropeanSaverioDalpedriGöttingenGeorg-August-Universität Göttingen2026ἀλδαίνωto make grow, strengthen*h₂el-tó-sgrown, fully grown*-tó-forms verbal adjectives from verb rootsalōto nourish, feed, rearaltustall, highailidnourishes, rears*h₂el-to grow, nourish
adja-stemold; grown up, matureFrom Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-tó-s, a verbal adjective in *-tó- from *h₂el-, the same root underlying *alanąDalpedri 2026: §2.6.2Rix et al. 2001: 262Watkins 2011: s.v. *al-². The *d reflects Verner’s Law under suffixal accent; the probable inherited Proto-Germanic comparative degree paradigm was *aldaz : *alþizô : *alþistaz, preserving the voiceless *þ in the comparative and superlative Ringe 2017: 317. Directly cognate with Latin altus, which is likewise from *h₂el-tó-s; compare also root cognates Latin alō, Old Irish ailid, and Ancient Greek ἀλδαίνωDalpedri 2026: §2.6.2Rix et al. 2001: 262Watkins 2011: s.v. *al-².