German Erle

← Danish el (cognate)

← English alder (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *alizō (inherited)

← Proto-West Germanic *aliʀu (inherited)

← Old High German erila (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élis- (derived)

← Icelandic elri (cognate)

← Dutch els (cognate)

← Norwegian older (cognate)

→ English alder (cognate)

→ English orl (cognate)

→ Danish el (cognate)

→ German Erlkönig (compound)

→ Faroese elri (cognate)

→ Icelandic elri (cognate)

→ Latvian alksnis (cognate)

→ Norwegian Bokmål older (cognate)

→ Dutch els (cognate)

→ Norwegian Nynorsk older (cognate)

→ Scots aller (cognate)

→ Swedish al (cognate)