athel

athel · adjective, noun¹

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*aþulijaz“of noble birth, noble”
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*aþulī
3. Old English · inherited fromæþele“noble”
4. Middle English · inherited fromathel
5. English todayathel

From Middle English athel, ethel, hathel (“noble; nobleman, hero”), from Old English æþele (“noble”), from Proto-West Germanic *aþulī, from Proto-Germanic *aþulijaz (“of noble birth, noble”), from *aþalą (“nature; nobility”). Cognates Akin to Saterland Frisian eedel (“noble”), Oadel (“nobility”), West Frisian eal (“noble”), Dutch adel (“nobility”), edel (“noble”), German Adel (“nobility”), edel (“noble”), Yiddish אַדל (adl, “nobility”), איידל (eydl, “noble”), Elfdalian aðel (“noble; nobility”), Faroese aðal (“noble; nobility”), Icelandic aðal (“speciality, hallmark, characteristic”), aðall (“nobility”). Middle English form hathel due to conflation with Old English hæleþ (“hero”). See heleth.

athel · noun²

1. Arabic · borrowed fromأَثَل
2. English todayathel

From Arabic أَثَل (ʔaṯal).

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