Where does “alls” come from?
alls (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse alls, from Old Norse allr, from Proto-Germanic allaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂él-.
alls (Icelandic): altogether, in all; masculine/neuter genitive...
Definitions
- altogether, in all; masculine/neuter genitive...
Ancestry of “alls”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | alls | inflection of allr:
## masculine genitive... |
| 2 | Old Norse | allr | all, entire, whole; all, quite, entirely; gone,... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | allaz | all |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | — |