øl = beer in Danish
The word “øl” comes from the Proto-Germanic *alu (beer).
*alu > ᚨᛚᚢ {alu} in Norse > ǫl in Old Norse > öl in Icelandic, Swedish, Elfdalian, Gutnish and øl in Faroese, Norwegian, Danish
Cognates:
ale in English
aal in Dutch (ale)
alus in Latvian (beer)
The Finnic languages borrowed the word from the Proto-Germanic *alu or Proto-Balto-Slavic *alu.
olut in Finnish, Ingrian, Karelian, Veps
õlu in Estonian
oluq in Võro
õlud in Votic
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