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Old English æþele (cognate)
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Old English æþele (cognate)
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Old English hæleþ (cognate)
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Middle English athel (cognate)
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Middle English hathel (cognate)
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Middle English hathel (mention)
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Old French noble (derived)
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Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (root)
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Old High German adal (link)