Where does “brȳdealo” come from?

brȳdealo (Old English) comes from Old English ealo, from Proto-West Germanic alu, from Proto-Germanic alu, from Proto-Indo-European h₂elut- — beer.

brȳdealo (Old English): wedding ale; wedding feast

Definitions

  1. wedding ale; wedding feast

Ancestry of “brȳdealo”, step by step

brȳdealo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English ealo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishealo—
2Proto-West Germanicalubeer, ale
3Proto-Germanicalubeer, ale
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂elut-beer

via Old English brȳd

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbrȳdbride
2Proto-West Germanic*brūdibride
3Proto-Germanicbrūdizbride

Words derived from “brȳdealo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂elut- →Every word from Proto-Germanic alu →Every word from Proto-West Germanic alu →