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Where does “ællær” come from?

ællær (Old Danish) comes from Old Norse [[ella]], [[ellar]], from Proto-Germanic aljaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂élyos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂él-.

Ancestry of “ællær”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norse[[ella]], [[ellar]]—
2Proto-Germanicaljazother, another, else
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élyosother, another
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂él-—
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