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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *aldaz.
Adjective
*ald (comparative *alþiʀō, superlative *alþist)
- old
Inflection
| a-stem
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| Singular
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Masculine
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| Nominative
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*ald
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| Genitive
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*aldas
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| Singular
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Masculine
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Feminine
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Neuter
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| Nominative
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*ald
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*aldu
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*ald
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| Accusative
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*aldanā
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*aldā
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*ald
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| Genitive
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*aldas
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*aldeʀā
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*aldas
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| Dative
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*aldumē
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*aldeʀē
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*aldumē
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| Instrumental
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*aldu
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*aldeʀu
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*aldu
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| Plural
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Masculine
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Feminine
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Neuter
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| Nominative
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*aldē
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*aldō
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*aldu
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| Accusative
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*aldā
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*aldā
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*aldu
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| Genitive
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*aldeʀō
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*aldeʀō
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*aldeʀō
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| Dative
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*aldēm, *aldum
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*aldēm, *aldum
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*aldēm, *aldum
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| Instrumental
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*aldēm, *aldum
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*aldēm, *aldum
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*aldēm, *aldum
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Derived terms
Descendants
- Old English: eald, ald, eold, æld, eld
- Middle English: old, eeld, eelde, eld, elde, holde, oold, olde, wolde, ald, awlde, eild (Northern), eald, yalde, yealde (Kent), yolde, yhold, yolle (Southwestern)
- Old Frisian: ald
- Old Saxon: ald
- Old Dutch: alt, ald
- Middle Dutch: out
- Dutch: oud, (obsolete) oudt
- Afrikaans: ou, oud
- Berbice Creole Dutch: hau
- Jersey Dutch: āud, āut
- Negerhollands: oud, ouw, houw, hou
- Skepi Creole Dutch: ou, oud
- West Flemish: elde
- Limburgish: aad
- Old High German: alt, ald — northern
- Middle High German: alt
- Alemannic German: altu, oalt, oalt, olt, àltà (Italian Walser)
- Bavarian: old
- Apeltonerisch: old
- Central Bavarian: oid /ɔed̥/
- Cimbrian: alt
- Mòcheno: òlt
- Northern Bavarian: old /ɔːld̥/
- Southern Bavarian: ålt /ɔltʰ/
- Udinese: olt, òlt
- Central Franconian: alt
- Hunsrik: alt
- Kirchröadsj: aod, auw
- Luxembourgish: al
- German: alt
- Rhine Franconian: alt, all
- Frankfurterisch: [ɑːl], [aːl]
- Pennsylvania German: alt
- Vilamovian: aołd
- Yiddish: אַלט (alt)