Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *aþaląScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_aþalą
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Etymologisches Wörterbuch der friesischen AdjektivaVolkert F.FaltingsDe Gruyter2010Etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen Primäradjektive (Studia linguistica Germanica 33)FrankHeidermannsWalter de Gruyter1993Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 11)GuusKroonenBrill2013Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch [Old High German dictionaryAlbert L.LloydOttoSpringerVandenhoeck & RuprechtVols. 1–51988The Etymology of German Adel10.1080/00437956.1952.11659419OswaldSzemerényiWORD, 8:142-501952The lexicon of GermanicElmarSeeboldJared KleinBrian JosephMatthias FritzHandbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics, vol. 2Berlin & BostonDe Gruyter Mouton974–9852017*h₂el-allaðalnature, dispositionadallineage, nobilityātälmanἀταλόςtender, youthful*at-alo-offspring*at(i)beyond, out from*al-grow*h₂et-beyond, overAdelaristocratic lineage
nounneutera-stemnature, disposition; inherent characterlineage, stock; nobilityAn old Proto-Germanic noun with the semantic core ‘lineage, inherited characteristic’; compare Old Norse aðal and Old High German adalHeidermanns 1993: 107–09Kroonen 2013: 40. Proto-Germanic *ōþalą is a vṛddhi derivative of *aþalą, connecting ‘lineage, inherited nature’ with ‘inherited property’ Faltings 2010: 111Kroonen 2013: 395. The Proto-Indo-European etymology is uncertain. Szemerényi's 1952: 46–50 derivation from Proto-Indo-European *at-alo-, from *at(i) + *al- (modernized as *h₂et-olo-, from *h₂et- + *h₂el-) seems too semantically vague, and given the related *ōþalą, this would require and unusual lengthened grade of a prefix Lloyd & Springer 1988: s.v. adal¹. Proposed cognates Tocharian A ātäl and Ancient Greek ἀταλός are formally and semantically unlikely Kroonen 2013: 40Lloyd & Springer 1988: s.v. adal¹. Seebold 2017: 980 includes German reflex Adel among Common Germanic words lacking a plausible extra-Germanic etymology.