| Drav. | ullu | daylight |
| Mongol | ulaan | red |
| Sumer. | 'el | light |
| Coptic | al | daylight, splendour |
| Anc. Eg. | àl | flame |
| Phoen. | Al | God (the deified light) |
| Hitt. | alis | white |
| Cymric | aeled | fire |
| Gael.I. | àille | beauty |
| Gael.I. | aol | to whiten; lime; ael "bright colour" |
| Gael.S. | eala, aoi | Swan, 25 |
| Cymric | alarch | Swan, 25 |
| l.(poet.) | olor | Swan, 25 |
| Cymric | elfydd | mondeð3.6.40., worldð3.2.29. |
| Hebr. | Eli | God |
| Anc.Greek | eílè, alèa | heated of the sun |
| Basque | il, ileski, ilazky | moon |
| Basque | talil, illebete | month |
| Akk. | Ilu | God |
| Akk. | ellu | shining |
| Assyr. | élàlu, hàlu | to shine |
| Hebr. | hàlal | id. |
| Arabic | halla | id. |
| Pers. | `àlam | the world, cf. elfydd, above |
| Arabic | allàq | to light up |
| Alb. | llap | (< Semit. via Turkish and with change k > p) to shine |
| Arabic | halla | to shine |
| Arabic | Allah | God |
| Arabic | a'ali | powerful (change of category) |
| Basque | al | power |