al-2

    al-2

    English meaning: “to grow; to bear”

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “wachsen; wachsen machen, nähren”

    Material: O.Ind. an-ala- “ fire “ (“ the glutton “, W. Schulze KZ. 45, 306 = Kl. Schr. 216); Gk. νεᾱλής “ cheerful, strong “ (νέος + al-; about φυταλιή see below); Lat. alō, -ere, -ul, -itum “ to nourish, support, rear, feed, bring up “; alēscere “ grow up, prosper “, coalēscere “grow together”, adolēscere “grow up” (adultus “ grown up, adult, mature “), abolēscere “ to perish “ (in addition appears aboleō, -ēre “ destroy, exterminate “ as a Transitive to be newly shaped, partly after (ad)augēscō : (ad)augeō , esp., however, after synonymous dēlēvī, dēleō; the reminiscence in ὄλλυμι, ἀπόλλυμι would be then deceptive; (differently WH. I 4), Lat. indolēs “ native constitution or quality; nature, disposition, character, talents “, subolēs “ a sprout, shoot, offspring, progeny “, prōles (*pro-olēs) “ offspring, descendants, posterity; the young men of a race; of plants, fruit “ (of it prōlētürius “a citizen of the loWest class, serving the state only by begetting children”; these three with o from a before dark l, not with IE oablaut, wie Hirt abl. 162 accepts); alimentum “food, nourishment”, alimōnia,-ium “ food, maintenance “; O.Ir. alim “be nourishing”; here probably also Welsh alu, M.Bret. halaff, Bret. ala “bear, give birth to”, Welsh al f. “act of giving birth, progeny, people”, alaf m. “wealth” = O.Ir. alam f. “herd”, of it almae ds .; Goth. O.E. alan (ōl) “ grow up “ (intr. like Lat. adoleō), O.Ice. ala (ōl) “ be nourishing, produce “, Goth. aliÞs “ fattened “ (participle of a Kaus. *aljan = Nor. dial. elja); O.Ice. elskr “ inspired by love “, elska “love” (see to the meaning-development Falk-Torp below elske). With t- formant: Gk. ἄν-αλτος “insatiable, gluttonous”; ῎Αλτις, ἄλσος (*αλτι̯-ος) n. “ holy grove “, Lat. altus “high” (i.e. “large-scale grown”), M.Ir. old “height; shores, coast”, Welsh allt ‘side of a hill, wooded hills”, O.Corn. as, Bret. aot, aod “coast”, O.S. ald, O.H.G. (etc.) alt “old” (actually” grown tall “), O.H.G. altôn “put off, delay” (“make old”); maybe Alb. geg (*n”alt ) nalt “high” > Alb. tosk (*nalt, lant) lart “high” [n/r rhotacism]. *alti also in Goth. alds f. “ period, lifetime “, O.E. ield “ period, lifetime, age, old age “ (pl. ielde, O.S. eldi “people, humans”), O.N.ǫld f. “time, age, pl. people”; *alti̯o in Osc. altinúm, thus “ food, provisions, aliment “ = Lat. *altiōnum; O.Ir. comaltae “ foster brother “ = M.Welsh cyfeillt ‘serf, slave”, nWelsh cyfaill “friend” (*komal-ti̯os), M.Welsh eillt (*alti̯os) “pupil, hero”, O.Ir. inailt (*eni-altī) “ servant “, Goth. alÞeis (*alti̯os) “ old “ = O.Ir. alt(a)e “ brought up “; *altro- in O.Ir. altram “ food “, altru “nursing father” (Welsh athraw “teacher” etc., see Pedersen KG. I 137); O.N. aldr m. (gen. aldrs) “age, lifetime, old age”, O.E. ealdor “life”, O.S. aldar, O.H.G. altar “old age, age”. With m- formant: Gk. ἄλμα n. “grove”, φυτάλμιος epithet of Zeus and Poseidon (also Υυτάλιος, name of Poseidon in isthmian Troy, Υύταλος, for what Hom. φυταλιή “tree nursery” as an abstract noun, see Bechtel Lexil. 331); Lat. almus “nourishing, feeding (ager), blessing-donating, sweet, kind, sublime”. Maybe here FlN Thrac. Almus, Illyr. (?) Almō (Rom), Almü (Etruria), O.Brit. *Almü, Eng. Yealm. mabe Alb. helm “healing drug, posion, medicine, herb” similar to Sanskrit üla- “poison”. obviously Alb. and Gk. have preserved the old laryngeal ḫ-. clearly Alb. shows that from Root al-2 : “ to grow; to bear; grove” derived Root el-3 : ol-: “to rot, poison”. Maybe Illyr. Amalthea “the goat that nourished Zeus”. Toch. А ülym- “ life, mind “. d- extensions: O.Ind. íḍ-, íḍü “ refreshment, donation, oblation, gift “; Gk. ἀλδαίνω “ allows to grow, strengthens “, ἀλδήσκω “grows”, ἀναλδής “ not thriving; growth restraining “, ἄλδομαι “ brings forth, produce, create “ (καρπούς). Maybe Alb.Gheg ardh- [dh- extension as in satem languages] “come, (*climax), be born”, ardhuna pl. “yields, profits”. dh- extensions: O.Ind. r̥dhnóti, r̥náddhi, r̥dháti, ŕ̥dhyati “prospers, succeeds, does succeed, manages”, Av. arǝdat̃ “ he allows to prosper “, ǝrǝdüt- “ cause prospering “, O.Ind. árdhuka- “ thriving “ (Specht KZ. 64, 64 f.); Gk. ἀλθαίνω, ἄλθω “heals”, ἄλθομαι “ grows, heals “; O.S. alda “ fruit-carrying oak “, O.Ice. aldin “ tree fruit, esp. eatable (fruit or seed of the oak tree, acorn) “.

    References: WP. I 86 f., WH. I 4, 31 f.