Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/daljō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic edit

Etymology edit

From *dalą (“valley, dale”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈdɑl.jɔː/

Noun edit

*daljō f

a dell

Inflection edit

ō-stemDeclension of *daljō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*daljō	*daljôz
vocative	*daljō	*daljôz
accusative	*daljǭ	*daljōz
genitive	*daljōz	*daljǫ̂
dative	*daljōi	*daljōmaz
instrumental	*daljō	*daljōmiz

Descendants edit

Old English: dell m or n
- Middle English: delle
  - Scots: dell
  - English: dell
Old Frisian: *delle
- West Frisian: delle, delling, delte (?)
Old Saxon: *dellia
- Middle Low German: delle
  - German Low German: Delle, Dell
Old Dutch: *della
- Middle Dutch: delle
  - Dutch: del
Old High German: *tella
- Middle High German: telle
  - German: Delle (Central/Low German consonantism); Telle (obsolete, dialectal)
Gothic: *𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰 (*dalja) (unclear derivation and reconstruction; see etymology at inflected and prefixed form 𐌹𐌱𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌹𐌽 (ibdaljin) ?)

References edit

Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*đaljan ~ *đaljō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 67