Proto-Germanic forms are reconstructed as *?l?i-z and *?l??-z.

Germanic *?l?i-z~*?l??-z is generally agreed to be a cognate with Latin albus ('(matt) white'), Old Irish ailbhín ('flock'), Ancient Greek ????? (alphós; 'whiteness, white leprosy'), and Albanian elb ('barley'); and the Germanic word for 'swan' reconstructed as ''*albit-'' (compare Modern Icelandic álpt). These all come from a Proto-Indo-European