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
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Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *aldaz