Where does “ellende” come from?

ellende (Middle High German) comes from Old High German elilenti, from Proto-West Germanic alljas, from Proto-Germanic aljas, from Proto-Indo-European h₂élyos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- — to grow, nourish.

ellende (Middle High German): foreign, displaced, miserable

Definitions

  1. foreign, displaced, miserable

Ancestry of “ellende”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanelilenti—
2Proto-West Germanicalljaselse, otherwise, besides
3Proto-Germanicaljasof another, of something else
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élyosother, another
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂él-to grow, nourish

Words derived from “ellende”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂élyos →Every word from Proto-Germanic aljas →