Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *aldizScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_aldiz_1
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Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 11)GuusKroonenBrill2013Early Nordic alu and al- ‘to nourish’Thomas L.MarkeyBernardMeesJournal of Indo-European Studies1-172014From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English, 2nd edition)DonRingeOxfordOxford University Press2017Lexikon der indogermanischen VerbenHelmutRixMartinKümmelThomasZehnderReinerLippBrigitteSchirmerWiesbadenReichert2001ἀλδαίνωto make grow, strengthenalōto nourish, feed, rearaltustall, highailidnourishes, rears*h₂el-to grow, nourish
nounfemininei-stemage, generation; a period or stage of lifelifetime, lifespanFrom Proto-Indo-European *h₂él-ti-s ~ *h₂l̥-téy-s, a proterokinetic ti-stem from the root *h₂el-Kroonen 2013: s.v. *aldiMarkey & Mees 2014: 4–9Ringe 2017: 197–98Rix et al. 2001: 262. The Proto-Germanic -d- reflects Verner’s Law in the root-accented syllable, with the weak-case consonantism subsequently generalized throughout the paradigm. Semantically, ‘age, lifetime’ developed naturally from the root’s Germanic intransitive sense ‘to grow, mature, grow old’ Markey & Mees 2014: 4–5 . Cognate root formations include Latin alō, Old Irish ailid, Ancient Greek ἀλδαίνω, and, more closely in formation and semantics, Latin altus < PIE *h₂el-tó-s. Related to *aldaz and *alanąMarkey & Mees 2014: 4–9.