dæl

Old English

Etymology 1

Proto-Germanic *dailiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰail-. Cognate with Old Frisian dēl, Old Saxon dēl (Dutch deel), Old High German teil (German Teil), Old Norse deild (Danish and Norwegian del, Danish spelling before the writing reform of 1948: Deel), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃 (dails). The Indo-European root is also the source of Proto-Baltic *daili- (Lithuanian dailiti (“divide”)), Albanian thelë (“portion, piece”), Proto-Slavic *dělъ (Old Church Slavonic дѣлити, Russian делить).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dæːl/

Noun

dǣl m

1. part, share, portion
2. unit, word

Declension

    Declension of dæl (strong i-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	dǣl	dǣle, dǣlas
accusative	dǣl	dǣle, dǣlas
genitive	dǣles	dǣla
dative	dǣle	dǣlum

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *dalą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰal-. Cognate with Old Frisian del, Old Saxon dal, Dutch dal, Old High German tal (German Tal), Old Norse dalr (Danish and Swedish dal), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌻𐍃 (dals). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek θάλαμος, Albanian dal (“to exit, unfold, sprout”), Proto-Slavic *dolъ (Old Church Slavonic долъ, Russian дол).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dæl/

Noun

dæl n

1. valley

Declension

    Declension of dæl (strong a-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	dæl	dalu
accusative	dæl	dalu
genitive	dæles	dala
dative	dæle	dalum

Descendants

• Middle English: dale
  • English: dale