Where does “āle” come from?

āle (Middle High German) comes from Old High German āla, from Proto-West Germanic ālu, from Proto-Germanic ēlō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ólos, from Proto-Indo-European ēl- — awl, prong.

Ancestry of “āle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanālaawl
2Proto-West Germanicāluawl
3Proto-Germanicēlōawl
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ólosawl
5Proto-Indo-Europeanēl-awl, prong

Words derived from “āle”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ēl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ólos →Every word from Proto-Germanic ēlō →