Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *aldizScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_aldiz_2
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Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 11)GuusKroonenBrill2013ieldepeople, menaldihuman being, personeldihuman being, person
nounmasculinei-stemhuman being, person; especially collectively/plurally, people, menThe same formation as the feminine homonym *aldiz (‘age, generation; lifetime’), with a secondary personal meaning probably developing from ‘generation, age-group’ to ‘people, members of a generation’ and subsequently lexicalized as a masculine personal noun. The personal use is especially reflected by Old English ielde, Old Saxon aldi, eldi, and the genitive plural in *aldijǫ̂ barnōKroonen 2013: s.v. *aldi-.