Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/allswā

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.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *all +‎ *swā.

Adverb

*allswā

completely, totally, or fully so
exactly so; likewise

Descendants

Old English: eallswā, ealswā
- Middle English: alswa, alswo, alsa, also, alse, als, ase, as
  - English: also, as
  - Scots: alswa, alsa, als, as
Old Frisian: alsā
- Saterland Frisian: also, as
- West Frisian: als, as
Old Saxon: allsō, alsō, also
- Middle Low German: alsô, alse, als
  - German Low German: also, as
  - Plautdietsch: also, aus
Old Dutch: alsō
- Middle Dutch: also, alsoo, alse
  - Dutch: alzo, als
    - Afrikaans: also, as, als
Old High German: alsō
- Middle High German: alsō, alse, als
  - German: also, als
    - → Danish: altså
    - → Norwegian Bokmål: altså
    - → Norwegian Nynorsk: altså, altso
    - → Swedish: alltså (also possibly from Low German)
>? Vulgar Latin: *ale si, *alsi (likely calqued using Latin alid + sīc)
- Old French: alsi, ausi, ossi; altresi (calque using Old French altre + si)
  - Middle French: aussi
    - French: aussi