Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *aldijanąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_aldijaną
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A Comparative Grammar of the Early Germanic LanguagesRobert D.FulkJohn Benjamins Publishing Company2018Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 11)GuusKroonenBrill2013The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English, 2)DonRingeAnnTaylorOxfordOxford University Press2014From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English, 2nd edition)DonRingeOxfordOxford University Press2017Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Althochdeutschen IIAlbert L.LloydRosemarieLührOttoSpringerVandenhoeck & Ruprecht1998https://ewa.saw-leipzig.de/de*h₂el-to grow, nourishieldanto delay, put off, prolong, hesitate, tarryeltento delay, prolong; neglect, omit; withholdeltîage; durationeltînage; duration
verbWeak class 1to make or cause to appear old; to ageto delay, postpone; prolongThis word appears to continue two formally identical but semantically distinct Weak class 1 formations. In the sense ‘to make old’, it is a deadjectival factitive from *aldaz + *-(i)janą, literally ‘to make old’; such deadjectival factitives belong to an inherited Germanic class of j-presents, ultimately continuing Proto-Indo-European *-yé/ó- formations Fulk 2018: 294–96Lloyd et al. 1998: s.v. elternRinge 2017: 200–201. The base *aldaz continues Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-tó-s, from *h₂el-, hence originally approximately ‘grown, fully grown’ Kroonen 2013: 20Ringe 2017: 317. The distinct sense ‘to delay, prolong’ is securely reflected in West Germanic. Compare Old English ieldan and Old High German elten; EWA proposes that this sense was associated instead with the feminine noun represented by Old High German eltî, eltîn, so that the semantic development was approximately ‘to cause duration, prolong’ → ‘to delay’ Lloyd et al. 1998: s.v. eltenRinge & Taylor 2014: 231.