Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *aljanąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_aljaną_2
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Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 11)GuusKroonenBrill2013A Gothic Etymological DictionaryWinfred P.LehmannBrill1986aEarly Nordic alu and al- ‘to nourish’Thomas L.MarkeyBernardMeesJournal of Indo-European Studies1-172014Lexikon der indogermanischen VerbenHelmutRixMartinKümmelThomasZehnderReinerLippBrigitteSchirmerWiesbadenReichert2001Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7)Michielde VaanBrill2008*h₂el-to grow, nourish𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽fattenedadoleōto burn (as an offering)*oleje-to feed the fireuřetushall burn
verbWeak class 1to cause to grow or mature; to rear, fattenThe causative of *alaną, continuing Proto-Indo-European *h₂ol-éye/o-, the o-grade causative of root *h₂el-Kroonen 2013: 23Rix et al. 2001: 262. Gothic directly attests only the past participle 𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽, literally ‘caused to be nourished’ Lehmann 1986a: 28Markey & Mees 2014: 4–5. Cognate in formation with Latin adoleō < Proto-Italic *oleje-, whose meaning developed from ‘feed the fire’ to ‘burn’; compare Umbrian uřetude Vaan 2008: 24–25Rix et al. 2001: 262.