Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *aþulijazScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_aþulijaz
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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)GuusKroonenBrill2013A Handbook of Germanic EtymologyVladimirOrelBrill2003
adjja-stemnoble; of noble birth or lineageFrom the *aþal-/*aþul- word family + *-(i)jaz³, forming a denominal adjective, originally ‘inherited, ancestral; of (noble) lineage’, whence ‘noble’ Faltings 2010: 48, 110–11Heidermanns 1993: 107–09. The exact medial vocalism is uncertain: Orel 2003: 27 reconstructs *aþal(j)az, whereas Kroonen 2013: 40 prefers *aþulja- and derives it from pre-Germanic *h₂⸝₃et-l̥-io-, with *u reflecting the Germanic vocalization of syllabic *l̥. The adjective has no separate secure Indo-European cognates; for its deeper etymology see *aþalą.