Words that come from Proto-Germanic “alu”

66 words across 24 languages descend from Proto-Germanic alu — including ale, alewife, alegar, potale, alestake, scotale, alehoof, alecost.

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English (19)

Swedish (7)

Icelandic (5)

Danish (5)

Old English (3)

Norwegian Bokmål (3)

Norwegian Nynorsk (3)

Middle Dutch (2)

Faroese (2)

Old Norse (2)

Middle English (2)

Dutch (1)

French (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Ukrainian (1)

Japanese (1)

Russian (1)

Spanish (1)

Proto-Norse (1)

Scots (1)

Old Saxon (1)

German (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)