Old English æl

← Old English eal (alter)

← Middle English al (link)

← Middle English ele (link)

← Proto-Germanic *alaz (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *ēlō (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *ēlaz (inherited)

← Proto-West Germanic *ālu (inherited)

← Proto-West Germanic *āl (inherited)

← Scots eill (link)

→ English awl (inherited)

→ Old English ælmiht (prefix)

→ Old High German ala (cognate)

→ Old Norse alr (cognate)

→ Sanskrit आरा (cognate)