auld
Scots
/ɔld/, /ald/
adj
Definitions
- old
Etymology
Inherited from Old English eald (old) derived from Proto-Germanic *aldaz (grown-up) derived from Proto-Indo-European *altós.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*altós
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Albury English
- Aldcliffe English
- forold English
- nonold English
- old English
- old age English
- old man's pepper English
- old timer English
- old-farrant English
- old-fashioned English
- old-line English
- oldass English
- oldbie English
- olden English
- oldfag English
- oldfangled English
- oldhead English
- oldhood English
- oldie English
- oldify English
- oldish English
- oldling English
- oldly English
- oldness English
- olds English
- oldsquaw English
- oldster English
- oldy English
- one-year-old English
- over-old English
- superold English
- *altós Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eltós, *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European
- *aldaz Proto-Germanic
- Ealdseaxan Old English
- Ealdwine Old English
- ald Old English
- eald Old English
- ealdbacen Old English
- ealdcwen Old English
- ealdfæder Old English
- ealdmodor Old English
- ealdnes Old English
- ealdwif Old English
- ieldu Old English
- wine Old English
- old Middle English
- ald Old High German
- alt Old High German
- olda Ido
- 𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍃 Gothic
- *ald gmw-pro
- alt Old Dutch
- olt Middle Low German
- ald Old Frisian
- owru Sranan Tongo
- alt Crimean Gothic