Eltern

Mane (Îngilîzî)

parents

Têgeh

dêbav

Hevwate

Vorfahren

Elternteil

Erziehungsberechtigte

Mutter

👩‍🍼

Vater und Mutter

Vater

👨‍👦

ahnen

beide Elternteile

die Alten

Elter

elterlich

Vormund

Erziehungsberechtigter

Werger

padres

parents

genitori

parents

ouders

pais

pares

parent

parent

père et mère

ouderpaar

ebeveyn

parentes

genitore

Zarava

Appenzell Innerrhoden (de)

eltere

Basel-Landschaft (de)

alte

Basel-Landschaft (de)

eltere

Zürich (de)

eltere

Agahiyên ji hêla: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/ˈɛltərn/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Ji Middle High German mîras hatiye girtin: eltern

Ji Old High German mîras hatiye girtin: eltirōn

Hevwate bi holendî: ouders

Hevwate bi îngilîzî: elders

In summary

From Middle High German eltern, from Old High German eltirōn, from Proto-Germanic *alþizô. Compare Dutch ouders, English elders.
The form is equivalent to a nominalised comparative of alt (“old”). The according spelling Ältern was common in Early Modern German, but later went out of fashion. Several sources claim that this was due to incomprehension of the etymology, but that seems implausible given its obviousness. An alternative explanation would be the desire to distinguish between Eltern (“parents”) and die Älteren (“older ones, elders”), which latter was commonly spelt Ältern.

Hevok

Seine Eltern ließen sich als er sechs Jahre alt war scheiden .

Dêûbavên wî dema ku ew şeş salî bû, dabeş kirin.