Where does “alder” come from?
alder (Old Frisian) comes from Old Frisian thēr, from Proto-West Germanic þār, from Proto-Germanic þar, from Proto-Indo-European tar-, from Proto-Indo-European to-, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.
Ancestry of “alder”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Frisian | thēr | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | þār | there |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | þar | there, in that place |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | tar- | there |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | to- | it; that; the, that |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |
Words derived from “alder”