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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From earlier *aidlą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éydʰ-lom, from *h₂eydʰ- (“to burn”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
*ailą n[1]
- (West Germanic) fire
- Synonyms: *ailidaz, *fōr, *uzjǭ
Inflection
Declension of *ailą (neuter a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*ailą
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*ailō
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| vocative
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*ailą
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*ailō
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| accusative
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*ailą
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*ailō
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| genitive
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*ailas, *ailis
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*ailǫ̂
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| dative
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*ailai
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*ailamaz
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| instrumental
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*ailō
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*ailamiz
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Derived terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *ail
- → Proto-Finnic: *ailas (see there for further descendants)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ailida-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 11: “*aila-”