Old English ealu

← Middle Dutch ale (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *alu (inherited)

← Proto-West Germanic *alu (inherited)

← Old High German (cognate)

← Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut- (inherited)

← Old Norse ǫl (cognate)

← Old Saxon (cognate)

← Swedish öl (cognate)

→ English ale (inherited)

→ Old English ealuhus (compound)

→ Middle English ale (inherited)

→ Latvian alus (cognate)

→ Old Saxon alo (cognate)

→ Scots yill (inherited)