Proto-Germanic

*aldaz

‘grown-up’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *aldaz.

7 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *aldaz, most familiar first.

• old ← ald ← *ald
• elder ← eldre ← eldra
• ou ← oue ← ouwe ← out ← alt
• auld ← ald ← eald ← *ald
• aad ← old ← ald ← *ald
• oldness ← oldnesse ← ealdnes ← eald ← *ald
• aald ← old ← ald ← *ald

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *aldaz