Reconstruction talk:Proto-Germanic/aþalaz

Do Middle Dutch and Modern Dutch edel also stem from *aþalaz? Morgengave (talk) 05:58, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
 * It's possible, but it's hard to explain the change a > e, which is normally a result of umlaut. Especially when the form adel already exists, with no umlaut. So edel most likely derives from another word that is related to this one. 11:49, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Koebler also postulates, which would give rise to such forms. Leasnam (talk) 02:01, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Pfeifer and Philippa have . At any rate: No, the Dutch and German forms cannot go back to *aþalaz immediately. At least in West Germanic there must have been an umlaut trigger, be it before or after the -l-. 90.186.170.100 13:22, 28 September 2022 (UTC)