Elson

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*alasnō
2. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*alisnu
3. Old Dutch · derived from*elisna
4. Middle Dutch · derived fromelsene
5. Middle English · inherited fromelson
6. English todayElson

Possibly from Middle English elson, alternative spelling of elsen, elsyn, alsene (“an awl or some other pointed instrument or tool”), either from Middle Dutch elsene, alsene, from Old Dutch *elisna, *alasna, from Proto-West Germanic *alisnu, *alasnu, from Proto-Germanic *alasnō, or from an unrecorded Old English form.

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