Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/daliþō

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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

Etymology

From *dala- +‎ *-iþō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdɑ.li.θɔː/

Noun

*daliþō f

A dell.

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *daliþō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*daliþō	*daliþôz
vocative	*daliþō	*daliþôz
accusative	*daliþǭ	*daliþōz
genitive	*daliþōz	*daliþǫ̂
dative	*daliþōi	*daliþōmaz
instrumental	*daliþō	*daliþōmiz

Descendants

Old Norse: dæld
- Icelandic: dæld
- Faroese: deld
- Danish: dæl
- Norwegian Nynorsk: deld
- Swedish: däld

References

Brunstad, Endre, 2001, Det reine språket. Om purisme i dansk, svensk, færøysk og norsk., The University of Bergen, p. 279, 280
de Vries, Jan (1977) “dæla f.”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 91f.