>*ala- and *alla- (< *alna-) are ultimately related to *h2al- 'grow' (OHG &
>OE alan, ON ala, Lat. alo), and the participial adjective *h2al->to-
>'grown, great' (Lat. altus, PGmc. *ald-/*al�- 'old').
>
Piotr, what does OHG/OE alan translate as?
I have been trying to figure out for the longest time if the personal name
Alan (very popular in Brittany & France beginning in the Dark Ages) might
have a Germanic or Celtic etymology, as opposed to the usual supposition
that it was borrowed from the ethnic name Alani.
- Chris Gwinn
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