eller
Danish
conjunction
Definitions
- or
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse ella, ellar inherited from Proto-Germanic *aljaz (other) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ályos.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ályos
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Aliarici Latin
- alius, aliud Latin
- else Ancient Greek
- *ályos Proto-Indo-European
- eller Norwegian Bokmål
- *aljas Proto-Germanic
- *aljaz Proto-Germanic
- eller Norwegian Nynorsk
- ells Middle English
- ella, ellar Old Norse
- elendig Danish
- *a le Proto-Slavic
- ali sazzo Old High German
- 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌹𐍃 Gothic
- *elles Old Dutch
- *elli Old Dutch
- elelendis Old Dutch
- *alyos Proto-Celtic
- *aralyos Proto-Celtic
- ælla Old Swedish
- *áľľos Proto-Hellenic