Where does “aller” come from?
aller (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse allra, from Old Norse allr, from Proto-Germanic allaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂él-.
aller (Norwegian Bokmål): of all, very
Ancestry of “aller”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | allra | genitive plural of allr |
| 2 | Old Norse | allr | all, entire, whole; all, quite, entirely; gone,... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | allaz | all |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | — |