Where does “alday” come from?
alday (Middle English) comes from Middle English al, from Middle English all, from Old English eall, from Proto-West Germanic all, from Proto-Germanic allaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂él-.
alday (Middle English): all day
Ancestry of “alday”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | al | Alternative form of all; completely, entirely |
| 2 | Middle English | all | all; all, every |
| 3 | Old English | eall | all; whole, entire; everything |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | all | all |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | allaz | all |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | — |