Etymology Explorer › Middle High German

Where does “allez” come from?

allez (Middle High German) comes from Old High German allez, from Old High German āl, from Proto-West Germanic all, from Proto-Germanic allaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂él-.

Ancestry of “allez”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanallez—
2Old High Germanāl—
3Proto-West Germanicallall
4Proto-Germanicallazall
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂él-—

Words derived from “allez”

  • Alleskönner
  • alles
  • alles
  • alz
  • alls
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- →