Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ailid

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 Proto-Germanic *ailidaz.

Noun

*ailid m

1. (North Sea Germanic) fire

   Synonyms: *ail, *fuir

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*ailid
Genitive	*ailidas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ailid	*ailidō, *ailidōs
Accusative	*ailid	*ailidā
Genitive	*ailidas	*ailidō
Dative	*ailidē	*ailidum
Instrumental	*ailidu	*ailidum

Related terms

• *ail
• *ailijan

Descendants

• Old English: ǣled
  • Middle English: ēld
  • → Proto-Brythonic:
    • Breton: oaled
    • Cornish: oles
    • Welsh: aelwyd
• Old Frisian:
  • North Frisian: ial, iilj, Jöl
• Old Saxon: ēld