Etymograph

English

Odalism

Odalism comes from Old Norse óðal ‘patrimony, inheritance’, from Proto-Germanic *ōþalą ‘ancestral land, the land owned by one's kin’, and ultimately from *aþalą ‘nature’.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*aþalą‘nature’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*ōþalą‘ancestral land, the land owned by one's kin’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Norsec. 200–800 CE*ōðalatransliteratedrunes *ᛟᚦᚨᛚᚨreconstructed
  4. Old Norsec. 800–1350óðal‘patrimony, inheritance’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 2013Odalism

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*aþalą‘nature’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*ōþalą‘ancestral land, the land owned by one's kin’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Norsec. 200–800 CE*ōðalatransliteratedrunes *ᛟᚦᚨᛚᚨreconstructed
  4. Old Norsec. 800–1350óðal‘patrimony, inheritance’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 2013Odalism

Earliest quotation: 2013, Luke Wilson: “Although the father-of-three denounced Breivik for killing Norwegians, the…”

The story

Neologism, formed from Old Norse óðal (whence also odal) + -ism.

Every English word from Proto-Germanic *aþalą

Today it means

name A white nationalist ideology that claims European countries as the exclusive property (odal) of white people.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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