ale
Middle English
/ˈaːl(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- ale (beverage)
Etymology
Inherited from Old English ealu (ale) inherited from *alu inherited from Proto-Germanic *alu derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut- (beer, bitter).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂elut-
Gloss
beer, bitter
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
辣
Emoji
🍺 🍻
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ale English
- ale-blown English
- ale-taster English
- ale-washed English
- alebench English
- alecy English
- alehouse English
- alekeep English
- alekeeper English
- alelike English
- alemonger English
- alepole English
- aleshop English
- alestake English
- aletaster English
- alewife English
- aley English
- alish English
- bidale English
- bridal English
- cockale English
- potale English
- scotale English
- soul-ale English
- alumen Latin
- ale Dutch, Flemish
- ale French
- эль Russian
- ἀλύδοιμος Ancient Greek
- *h₂elut- Proto-Indo-European
- *alu Proto-Germanic
- brȳdealo Old English
- ealu Old English
- ealuhus Old English
- bridale Middle English
- bride Middle English
- ǫl Old Norse
- all Albanian
- *𐌰𐌻𐌿𐍄 Gothic
- *alu gmw-pro
- *alo Old Dutch
- *olut Proto-Finnic
- ель Ukrainian
- alo Old Saxon
- yill Scots
- *alu Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *álu Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *ӕлут Ossetian, Ossetic
- ӕлутон Ossetian, Ossetic
- *álu bat-pro