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    al-4

    English meaning: “to burn”

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “brennen”

    Material: O.Ind. alütam n. “ fire, blaze, coal “ (also úlmukam “fire”); Lat. adoleō “ to worship, offer sacrifice, burn a sacrifice; to sacrifice on an altar; in gen., to burn; to smell “, adolēscō, -ere “ flare up (from altars), to grow up, come to maturity, to be heaped up, or perhaps to burn “ (o from a as in etymological-different adolēscere “ to grow up, come to maturity, to be heaped up, or perhaps to burn “ to alō, see under *al-2 “grow”), altüre “fire altar” (with difficult o ablaut Umbr. uṙetu “ toward turning to vapor “); Mod.Swe. ala “ blaze, flame “ (Johannsson ZfdtPh. 31, 285 following ms. Lith.); but in question Gk. ἀλάβη ἄνθρακες Hes.; view also from Lat. alacer “quick, lively, animated”, Goth. aljan n. “zeal” etc. was possible as “ igneous, quick-tempered “ (Johansson aaO.); about O.E. ǣlan “ burn “ see *aidh-. Maybe belongs here Gaul. MS Alatus, M.Ir. alad “ multicolored, dappled, striped “ (if originally “burnt”) = Ir. aladh “trout” (alü̆ to-). Maybe Alb. alle “red color”.

    References: WP. I 88, WH. I 13, EM. 88.