Cognate Set 1314 – Meaning: fire

IE-CoR reference form:
*ailida-
IE-CoR reference language:
Proto-Germanic
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Proposed as cognate to:
*h₂ei̯dʰ- [Proto-Indo-European] scale: 1
Justification:
Etymology uncertain but generally connected to PIE *h₂ei̯dʰ- 'to kindle' (LIV² 259) despite phonological difficulties, cf. Kroonen 2013:11; Orel 2003:7; de Vries 1977:99-100.
Found in clades:
Germanic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 1 clade by 9 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
110   Danish ild ˈilˀ
104   Faroese eldur ˈɛld̥ʊɹ
103   Icelandic eldur ˈɛld̥ʏr
109   Swedish eld ɛld Removed EN.
105   Norwegian: Bokmål ild ɪlː ɪlː < Danish.
107   Elfdalian jäld jæld jæld
108   Old Swedish elder ˈelder elder
102   Old Icelandic eldr eldr eldr
106   Norwegian: Nynorsk eld ɛlː ɛlː
References
  • Kroonen, Guus: 11
    S.v. Proto-Germanic *ailida- 'fire', a formation derived from *ailjan- (OE ǣlan w.v. 'to burn'), which in turn is factitive to the noun *aila- implied by OE āl 'fire' < *ailla- < *aidla- < *h₂eidʰ-lo- (cf. s.v. Proto-Germanic *aida-).
  • Orel, Vladimir: 7
    S.v. Proto-Germanic *ailiđaz, derived from PGmc. *ailjanan (w.v.), cf. OE ælan 'to kindle', in turn derived from *ailan (cf. OE ál 'flame' "despite phonetic difficulties probably from *aiđlan connected with *aiđaz, cf. OE ád 'funeral pile', OS ēd 'firebrand', OHG eit 'id.' and identical to Skt. édha- 'fuel', Gk. αἶθος 'firebrand', OIr. áed 'fire').
  • de Vries, Jan: 99-100
    S.v. ON eldr 'feuer'. Etymology uncertain, according to Sievers (IF 4, 1894), from Germ, *aila < *aiðla, and then to the IE root *aidh- 'burn', but this is not correct phonologically and the difficulty cannot be remedied by assuming contamination from another lexeme.