Proto-West Germanic

*ald

‘old’

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

6 English words in this record descend from Proto-West Germanic *ald, most familiar first.

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

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *ald