Proto-Germanic: *ēlō, *ala-z, *alō, *alVsnō
Meaning: awl
Gothic: *alisna (Fr alène, It lesina, Sp alesna)
Old Norse: al-r m. `Ahle, Pfriem'
Norwegian: ale `kleine Stange zum Fischtrocknen'
Old English: eal (al, äl), -e f. `awl'
Middle Dutch: elsene, elsen, alsene
Dutch: aal; els f., dial. alsene
Middle Low German: āl; elase(ne)
Old High German: āla f. (9.Jh.); { alunsa, alansa }
Middle High German: āle wk. f. 'ahle'
German: Ahle f.; { Alse, Else }
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