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Where does “all” come from?

all (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-West Germanic all, from Proto-Germanic allaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂él-.

Ancestry of “all”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicallall
2Proto-Germanicallazall
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂él-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- →