Reikšmė (Anglų k.)

parents

Dažnis

A1
Tarmės

Apencelis-Inerodenas

Apencelis-Inerodenas

eltere

Bazelio sritis

Bazelio sritis

alte

Bazelio sritis

Bazelio sritis

eltere

Ciuricho kantonas

Ciuricho kantonas

eltere

Duomenis pateikė: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Tariamas kaip (IPA)
/ˈɛltərn/
Etimologija (Anglų k.)

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.

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