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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *ēl- <PIH *H- ?>
Meaning: awl
Old Indian: ā́rā f. `a shoemaker's awl or knife, bore'
Armenian: heɫ `Pfrieme, Ahle'
Russ. meaning: шило
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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *ēlō, *ala-z, *alō, *alVsnō
Meaning: awl
Gothic: *alisna (Fr alène, It lesina, Sp alesna)
Old Norse: al-r m. `Ahle, Pfriem'
Norwegian: ale `kleine Stange zum Fischtrocknen'
Old English: eal (al, äl), -e f. `awl'
Middle Dutch: elsene, elsen, alsene
Dutch: aal; els f., dial. alsene
Middle Low German: āl; elase(ne)
Old High German: āla f. (9.Jh.); { alunsa, alansa }
Middle High German: āle wk. f. 'ahle'
German: Ahle f.; { Alse, Else }
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Pokorny's dictionary :
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Number: 471
Root: ēlā
English meaning: bodkin
German meaning: `Ahle'
Material: Ai. ā́rā `Ahle', ahd. āla f., mhd. āle ds. (germ. *ēlō) ags. ǣl; ablaut. altnord. alr m. `Ahle, Pfriem', > nengl. awl neben ahd. alansa, alunsa `Ahle'. Aus got. *ēla stammt apr. ylo, woraus lit. ýla `Pfriem', lett. ĩlęns ds.
References: WP. I 156, Vasmer bei Senn Germ. Lw.-Stud. 47.
Pages: 310
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