Where does “eall” come from?

eall (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic all, from Proto-Germanic allaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- — to grow, nourish.

eall (Old English): all; whole, entire; everything

Definitions

  1. all; whole, entire; everything

Ancestry of “eall”, step by step

eall traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic all

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicallall
2Proto-Germanicallazall
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂él-to grow, nourish

via Proto-Germanic *all

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*all—

Words derived from “eall”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- →