Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *aþulijąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_aþuliją
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Etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen Primäradjektive (Studia linguistica Germanica 33)FrankHeidermannsWalter de Gruyter1993The Germanic (i)jō-stem declension: Origin and developmentSverre S.Johnsen2005a(Master’s thesis,Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 11)GuusKroonenBrill2013A Handbook of Germanic EtymologyVladimirOrelBrill2003ǫðli/eðlipatrimony, origin; natureæþelunoble lineage, nobilityǫðlipatrimony, origin; nature
nounneuterja-stempatrimony, inherited propertylineage, originA neuter *-(i)ją derivative of the *aþalą word family. Heidermanns 1993: 108–09 and Orel 2003: 27 reconstruct a neuter *-ja- formation beside *aþala-, reflected in Old Norse ǫðli/eðli, Old English æþelu, and related West Germanic forms. Kroonen 2013: 40 instead reconstructs *aþulja- beside *aþala-, primarily in the adjective *aþulijaz, with Old Norse ǫðli/eðli as a corresponding neuter substantive. Johnsen 2005a: 151 shows that Old Norse ǫðli requires Proto-Norse *aþulija-, its final -i pointing to earlier *-ij- after two short syllables. The exact function of *-ija- is uncertain; a substantivized neuter beside *aþulijaz is at least as plausible as a specifically collective formation.