Where does “ealo” come from?

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

Ancestry of “ealo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicalubeer, ale
2Proto-Germanicalubeer, ale
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂elut-beer

Words derived from “ealo”

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