auld

auld · adjective¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*h₂eltós“grown, nourished, matured”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*aldaz“grown up; old”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*ald
4. Old English · derived fromeald“old, mature, venerable; antique, ancient, primeval”
5. Northumbrian Old English · derived fromald
6. Northern Middle English · inherited fromauld
7. Scots · borrowed fromauld
8. English todayauld

From Scots auld or from Northern Middle English auld, aulde, awld, awlde, ald, alde, from Northumbrian Old English ald, variant of Old English eald (“old, mature, venerable; antique, ancient, primeval”), from Proto-West Germanic *ald, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz (“grown up; old”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós (“grown, nourished, matured”). Compare cognate Latin altus (“nourished, raised, grown; tall”). Doublet of old.

Auld · proper noun²

1. Scots · derived fromauld“old”
2. English todayAuld

From Scots auld (“old”). Compare the English surname Old.

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